Problems With X on Thinkpad 365XDForum: Laptops Topic: Problems With X on Thinkpad 365XD started by: indiepop Posted by indiepop on Nov. 24 2005,05:50
I have successfully installed DSL to my old 365XD and it works great! Right?Well, almost. The screen is actually LCD and I have an XF86Config file that I can use for it. It works great under 3.3, but I haven't tried it in 4 as yet. The problem is: I made the changes recommended by the XFree86 DSL installer to the /home/dsl/.xserverrc file, and when I startx I get a message telling me "/usr/x11r6/bin/Xfree86 was not found" or something like that, then X fails to start. the correct XF86Config-4 file is there, but I can find no instance of XFree86 installed under the dsl account. The colors on the screen are about to kill my eyes. Please help! Posted by indiepop on Nov. 24 2005,05:58
specific error message:/home/dsl/.xserverrc: line 1: /usr/bin/X11R6/bin/XFree86: No such file or directory followed by a cannot execute and xinit crashes (obvs). Posted by indiepop on Nov. 24 2005,17:41
update: i forgot to compile the installer withmyDsl-load XFree86.dsl now that I did that, the color schema is all wrong. this laptop was able to do reasonably good color in Windows as I recall but not so much with X. aaaugh! what can I do to fix this? i am choosing the DSL fb800x600 at the loader, I've tried running Xsetup.sh, I've done all the things suggested here and from Google searches. even the load-up DSL "Penguin" Screen from the LiveCD is more robust than my desktop! Anyone? Posted by indiepop on Nov. 25 2005,21:43
anyone at all? i have tried booting vga=normal and vga=788, either way its no good in X. the old XFConfig file I have for 3.3 did beautiful graphics, this XFree86.dsl, I'm getting nowhere with. Xvesa is no good either.any suggestions at all? Posted by REInvestor on Nov. 28 2005,21:36
Having similar problems with IBM 600 Thinkpad. This system has a 1024x768 display, but I am having the same issue. Will let you know if I figure anything out.
Posted by REInvestor on Nov. 28 2005,21:37
Having similar problems with IBM 600 Thinkpad. This system has a 1024x768 display, but I am having the same issue. Will let you know if I figure anything out.
Posted by REInvestor on Nov. 28 2005,22:08
from my live cd, at the boot prompt, I type fb1024x768. It boots into DSL X Setup, where I choose Xfbdev (which is not the default), then select mouse and keyboard settings. This looks good to me. Now I will have to install to hard drive and see if it will still work.
Posted by REInvestor on Nov. 28 2005,23:08
ok, I installed using install fb1024x768, but still had a problem with the colors. To fix it, I needed to reconfigure X, which I did by first exiting X (which was useless anyway) by using the ctrl+alt+backspace command.Then type: #xsetup.sh select Xfbdev xserver finish by configuring mouse, etc reboot and select proper boot when grup comes up (for me it was 1024x768) Let me know if this worked |