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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