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Posted: Mar. 02 2006,22:42 QUOTE
I've installed DSL on a Compaq 486 laptop and I can't get xserver-svga to load.  DSL insists on running the xvesa server (which only gives me 16 colors).  If anyone knows how to get the svga drivers to load using xfree86 version 4 let me know.  

Or if anyone knows how to roll back xfree86 version 4 to version 3 in DSL let me know how that's done.

I have sucessfully installed Debian/Woody on this laptop running xfree86 version 3 and xserver-svga (with 256 colors).  But it is using up most of my 340 MB hard drive.  DSL would be perfect for this machine, if only the svga driver would load.

I originally posted this problem in the Laptop section, but it is probably more appropriate for the "X" section.
Thanks in advance, MarkM
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Posted: Mar. 04 2006,22:59 QUOTE
What video chipset is your Compaq laptop? I've got a Compaq Concerto with the cpq_avga chip and so far can't get X to work at all in dsl. What driver did debian use for your laptop?
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Posted: Mar. 05 2006,15:48 QUOTE
I have a Compaq Elite LTE 4/40 CX.  Debian runs pretty good using the Western Digital Paradise WD90C24A driver in xserver-svga  (NOTE: I installed just the base Woody system and then apt-get installed x-server-common-v3, xserver-svga, xbase-clients, x-window-system-core, xfonts-base, xfonts-75dpi and icewm.)

Standard VGA 640x480@60Hz 8bit color.
vertical sync rate="31.5"
horizontal sync rate="50-70"
1mb memory
"s3 GenDAC" clockchip

I think that I remember seeing the avga driver in xserver-vga.  I'm guessing that dsl will not run anything but xvesa xserver and cannot easily be configured to run svga drivers.  I'm hoping that someone will prove me wrong.
Also, check the Hewlett Packard website, they own Compaq now and still have some info on old Compaq hardware.
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Posted: Mar. 05 2006,19:31 QUOTE
Well, what I've done is to do the "use apt" from the menu so that I could apt-get install xserver-svga  and that is the v3, and it also installed xserver-common-v3. Then you have to run the deb2dsl on that XF86_SVGA that you'll find in /usr/bin/x11/ and then mydsl-load XF86_SVGA.dsl
  But so far mine still doesn't configure quite right, it keeps complaing about not having a dot-clock line even tho I put it in there. I've tried using the XF86Config that I kept from the redhat I had installed previously -- sort of wish I hadn't trashed that  8-(.
  Although I think dsl will be better (faster) in the long run. If I can ever get X to work.
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Posted: Mar. 06 2006,02:57 QUOTE
If you ever get an XF86_SVGA.dsl extension up and running, please submit it to the MyDSL repository along with instructions on how to set it up.

Thanks.
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