X.Org on Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 (Trident Cyberblade/XP)

[Alexander Apprich]

Hi Edward,

Edward Dekkers wrote:
> Alexander Apprich wrote:
> 
>> Hi Edward,
>>
>> Edward Dekkers wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody have this combination working?
>>>
>>> I've referred to Linux On Laptops, and done a general google search, 
>>> but nothing has worked for me.
>>>
>>> With the initial detected settings, I simply get a white screen, and 
>>> switching back to text console has a corrupted screen.
>>>
>>> With vga=791 and vesa settings I've acquired from my fruitless 
>>> searches, I get a total notebook re-boot after the screen blanks.
>>>
>>> Where do I look next to get Fedora Core 4 to work in graphics mode on 
>>> this aging laptop?
>>>
>>
>> according to the Xorg documentation
>> http://x.org/X11R6.8.2/doc/trident.4.html the Trident Cyberblade/XP is
>> supported.
>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ed.
>>>
>>> P.S. It may be aging, but it booted up pretty fast...
>>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
> 
> Thanks Alex, yes, I do know that. The X.Org site was implied when I said 
> I'd scoured the net.
> 
> In short - I should work but doesn't - has anybody got a working 
> configuration like this?
> 
> I should also mention I had to do a text install. Graphics did not work 
> on install either.
> 

Could you send the output of X -probeonly and also your xorg.conf
Have you tried configuring X using system-config-display --reconfig

> Regards,
> Ed.
> 
Alex