Laptops :: Thinkpad 380ed

Well I am still having problems.
When booting with fb800x600 the appears as a yellow mesh.
It's as if it's using the wrong color depth or something similiar.
Any way to make sure it's 16 bit ?

Hmm.. well ... progress at least..

Near the beginning of this thread, user Truman Jones
states using fb800x600 on his Thinkpad 380D works fine..

In the beginning of this thread, a user with a 380ED has troubles..

Near the beginning of this thread, your first post states you have
a Thinkpad 380 ..

So, is it a "D" or an "ED" ?

Here are the specs for the ED series..
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc....ype=All

Here is a comparison chart - the 380/385 is the "D" series.. seems to have the
same 1.125 MB video card in it as the "ED" series
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc....-3RMPD4

73
ke4nt

Thinkpad 380ED
The middle one : 2635-6AU

This is how I know my laptop's specs I have already been to this website.

Problem I am having is getting DSL to match what I need.
The resolution should be 800x600x16 but I can't get a veiwable desktop there is too much distortion with both xvesa and xfbdev.

So I am trying to find out what settings are wrong.

Read this thread, since this box uses a similar chipset as yours..

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....a+modes

basically, startup with " dsl xsetup vga=789 " or " dsl xsetup vga=787 "

Then try setting it up using xvesa at 800x600 at 16 bit

Since there are a couple of options for the LCD screen, this may be the difference.

Give it a go, and let us know..

73
ke4nt

dsl xsetup vga=787

ok that did it.

but does anyone know why ?
what did that do and what do I do about making sure that is how it will boot from now on.

i would eventually install this to my hd if turns out to be easier than other distros but I would need to make sure the video will work ok before hand.

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