Fujitsu Monte Carlo
Forum: Laptops
Topic: Fujitsu Monte Carlo
started by: Twilliam
Posted by Twilliam on April 29 2004,20:03
Greetings everyone,Well, I've been hoping to resurrect this old beast that I've had laying around for my girlfriend's daughter, but so far I've had no luck getting the Xserver to start.
Straight from the User's Guide:
Fujitsu Monte Carlo Notebook Model # FP07002A
Intel Pentium 54CSLM 120 MHz w/L1 cache & PCI Bus Architecture
16MB RAM onboard +16MB DIMM, total 32MB RAM
2MB Video RAM
TFT active-matrix display
256K colors
800x600 pixels resolution
VGA/SVGA compatible
X failed to start from the CD, throwing the 'Can't locate module fb0' error that's been mentioned several times in the forums, but I figured I'd try installing it to the HD anyway and go from there.
HD install went fine and the machine boots with no problems as far as I can tell. I login as user 'damnsmall' (I've also tried as root), I get the 'Welcome To DSL Damn Small Linux' ASCII graphic and warranty disclaimer, then the following:
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| Using X resolution from previously selected settings. If you want to change the resolution, run 'xsetup.sh' as super user. XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. |
I've tried Crotalus' lilo.conf edit, using 'vga=771' (for 800x600 @ 256K colors per the listed specifications) as well as all lower and even one higher resoultion, all to no effect. (Yes I run lilo before rebooting.)
The only difference I note is that if vga is set to anything other than '=normal', then the following comes up at the beginning of the boot:
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| LILO 22.5.7.2 Loading Linux.............. BIOS data check successful You passed an undefined mode number. Press <RETURN> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue or wait 30 secs |
Trying the different modes available thru <RETURN> has no effect on X starting, only on the console resolution; whether I change it or hit <SPACE> and continue, the boot proceeds as normal to the login prompt. Logging in again produces the Welcome and then the same error message as before.
Running xsetup.sh and switching to Xvesa causes the machine to immediately lockup when I try to restart X with 'startx'; it makes no difference what resolutions I try, the result is the same. Only a hard restart is possible.
I would love to get this one working; it would make an 8-year-old REALLY happy.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.Thanks everyone!
Posted by ke4nt1 on April 29 2004,22:46
Here in another thread we discuss similar issues...< Toshiba 410 >
Seems there are other options for the Kdrive/Tiny xservers.
Try to find out what brand of chipset your video card uses.
The forementioned thread has links to some sources of
drivers, possibly for your chipset.
73
ke4nt
Posted by Twilliam on April 30 2004,01:52
| Quote (ke4nt1 @ April 29 2004,18:46) |
| Try to find out what brand of chipset your video card uses. |
Hmmm yes... that seems to be proving rather difficult (of course that useful bit of info is absent in the User's Manual). Nothing at Fujitsu's website as far as I can tell, and the information seems to be equally lacking online.
Anyone know of a utility that might be able to ID the video hardware, that'll run off of a single floppy?
Thanks again...
Posted by ke4nt1 on April 30 2004,02:21
Whenever I boot into DSL or Knoppix, the screen info shows me some video card info.
"NVidia, Trident, CT655xx, etc"
Googling helps too, try searching for info on your
laptop model number.. Linux for Laptops , perhaps?
Posted by Twilliam on April 30 2004,06:39
lol... I've been Googling for two+ days now. Not to mention combing thru these forums. Like I said, info's scarce on this particular laptop...I only bring it up now after exhausting the various suggestions I've found, in hopes of maybe providing some additional insight.
I've been thru the output from dmesg a couple times now and see nothing about the video hardware. I can post it here in case I missed something if you like, but not until tomorrow; I need sleep... *yawn*
Posted by ke4nt on April 30 2004,17:56
I found this on the Fujitsu web site FAQ for your monte carlo computer........."
Milan, Montego, Monte Carlo - Known Windows® 98 Limitations
Milan,Montego
Milan,Montego, Monte Carlo
1. Milan, Montego
Issue: You purchased Windows 98, and it is available only onCD-ROM. You cannot install it!
Reason: There is no CD-ROM drive available on these units.
Solution: You can purchase aCD-ROM drive to connect via PCMCIA or Parallel Port and then installWindows 98.
Milan, Montego, Monte Carlo
Issue: You are experiencing video problems after upgrading to Windows 98.
Reason: Possible DirectX problems. Drivers included in Windows 98 have not been fully tested.
Solution: You can download the latest certified drivers from the Chips & Technologies website.
The chipset is 65548. These drivers have not been tested on our system, but may resolve your issue. ".......
Looks like you have the same chipset as us toshiba users..
Try using the method described on our other forum describing
using the XChips server, which is for your chipset.
Instructions for how to link it to your x startup are posted.
73
ke4nt
Posted by Twilliam on April 30 2004,20:55
Well now isn't this interesting ( btw ke4 thank you very much for taking some time on this with me )...Fujitsu is saying it's a C&T controller eh? Hmmm...
I discovered a nice little utility on my knoppix 3.3 disk called lspci which, according to the man page, is 'a utility for displaying information about all PCI buses in the system and all devices connected to them.' ( You listenin' John? It's only about 30K I think... *wink wink*
)lspci identifies it as a VGA compatible Trident Microsystems TGUI 9660/938x/969x (rev d3), also known as one of the Trident ProVidia series.
So anyway I've tried using both the Xchips and the Xtrident servers from the link posted elsewhere, but still no luck.
NEXT??
Posted by WW. on May 20 2004,04:21
No answer, just a correction: vga=771 means 800x600 with 256 colors (not 256K).