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

[Edward Dekkers]

Alexander Apprich wrote:
> 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

Is there any way to capture the result of X -probeonly? I tried:

X -probeonly > /home/edward/Xprobeonly.txt

But the file was empty.

I've tried using system-config-display --reconfig, with as a result that 
the screen is white again. The cursor appears (and moves when I move the 
mouse) for a few seconds then disappears. After that I get just 
whiteness. Switching to text console is completely corrupted.

The best results so far have been vesa mode - a yummy 640x480 mode in 16 
bit depth.

I won't mention that Windows works perfectly well in 1024x768 with 16 
bit colour.

Basically - no matter what I do - using the trident driver has given no 
result whatsoever.

Only playing with vesa modes has given me something so far - but I don't 
have to mention 640x480 is unusable nowadays.

This is the xorg.conf I have attached.

Seems to me the version of this Trident in the notebook is not 
compatible with the xorg version.

There's plenty of mention of these problems being eradicated when 
XFree86 4.20 came along reading back on the net when this was a common 
problem.

Should I go back to XFree86? If so is this an easy thing or is 
everything now tightly integrated in x.org?

Regards,
Ed.
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