Subject: PCMCIA WAS Re: ThinkPad issues
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
From: Tom T. Thai <tomthai@future.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/14/1998 22:19:00
What do you guys recommend for a PCMCIA ethernet and or modem card?
On Thu, 14 May 1998, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> > trying to get XF86 running on my ThinkPad 560. I've looked for hard specs
> > on the Trident TGUI 9660 (Cyber 9385/82) video chipset and have
> > essentially come up with nothing.
> >
> > Has anyone got an example XF86Config on a ThinkPad they could throw at me?
> > Or direct me to some chipset specs?
>
> I've got a ThinkPad 760EL (800x600). XF86's startup messages make
> the following claims about my video hardware:
>
> (--) SVGA: PCI: Trident TGUI 9660/9680/9682 rev 211, Memory @ 0x08000000, 0x08400000
> (--) Trident chipset version: 0xd3 (TGUI96xx)
> (--) SVGA: BIOS reports Clock Control Bits 0x0
> (--) SVGA: Detected a Trident 9385.
> (--) SVGA: Detected an TFT 800x600 Display
> (--) SVGA: Revision 51.
>
> I'm using an XF86 3.3.1 server. ("if it works, why mess with it?")
>
> My XF86Config is below. Good luck. (I had a ... pretty hard time
> finding a good set of configuration data. I hope you have it a bit
> easier!)
>
>
> cgd
> (Not speaking for Digital. Just for the record: I bought my
> ThinkPad before I came to work for Digital, and have almost no
> experience with Digital laptops so can't compare it to them. 8-)
> =============================================================================
> Section "Files"
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Keyboard"
> Protocol "Standard"
> AutoRepeat 500 5
> EndSection
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "BusMouse"
> Device "/dev/pms0"
>
> Emulate3Buttons
> Emulate3Timeout 50
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "ThinkPad"
> VendorName "IBM"
> ModelName "560"
>
> HorizSync 25-79
> VertRefresh 20-76
> Modeline "640x480" 28.32 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
> ModeLine "800x600" 28.32 800 808 1024 1040 600 600 626 640 +hsync +vsync
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "GUI"
> VendorName "Trident"
> BoardName "9385"
> Option "noaccel"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "svga"
> VendorName "ibm"
> BoardName "bar"
> Chipset "generic"
> ClockChip "tgui"
> VideoRam 1024
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "svga"
> Device "GUI"
> Monitor "ThinkPad"
> DefaultColorDepth 16
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 32
> Modes "640x480"
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "VGA16"
> Device "svga"
> Monitor "ThinkPad"
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
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