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Topic: Compaq Concerto laptop X config?, How can I get X to work?

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hseaver

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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,05:21

Unfortunately, my old Compaq Concerto laptop has no CD, so to install DSL on it, I had to take the drive out and put it in desktop box, install DSL and then put it back in the laptop. So X doesn't work at all. It also keeps looking for a pci bus and usb, which don't exiest -- got to figure out how to kill that too. But anyway, I've got the XF86Config file from redhat that was on the Concerto, and know I need a cpq_avga driver, but also I can't find any config file for X on the DSL install. In /etc/X11/ there is no XF86Config or anything like it.
So where is the config file for X, and how do I get this working? It would also be nice if I could get the pen to work (this is a pen tablet, one of the first) and I have the old, old linux 2.2 driver (and no, it's not a wacom), but I'd be happy to just get X going first.
Also, this is a 486-33 with 20mb ram, and at most 1024k video ram. So I'd like the smallest X available, given a choice. The xsetup.sh is no help. I should say too this is a mono screen.

cbagger01

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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,17:27

Maybe you can try some of these boot prompt changes:

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html#ss3.4

You will need to swap the drive and edit your lilo or grub configuration, though.

As for X Windows, you need to see if your card supports the VESA2.0 standard. VESA 1.2 will not work with the XVesa server. However, there is a slim possibility that it might work with one of the framebuffer modes, IE: vga=xxx and then use xfbdev

hseaver

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Posted: Feb. 22 2006,20:13

Well, I've tried some of those, but all I get is a blank (not black, so some sort of X is working, more or less) screen. Isn't there a config file I can just hand edit? I know the correct horizontal and vertical sync rates, bandwidth, etc.
I've never seen an X server before you couldn't edit the conf file. Frankly, I absolutely hate gui configs anyway -- one of the major problems of windoze.

cbagger01

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Posted: Feb. 23 2006,17:31

Nope.

Both the linux vesa frame buffer and the Kdrive/TinyX X servers do not come with a config file. Because they use the VESA BIOS calls for graphics modes, the servers cannot specify a modeline with stuff like sync rates, etc.

In order to do this, you would need to download the XFree86.dsl extension and install it with

mydsl-load XFree86.dsl

and then create/edit your desired config file.

hseaver

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Posted: Mar. 04 2006,16:20

And can I make a dsl out of the debian xserver-common-v3.3.6 and the xserver-svga-v3.3.6 and then run those instead of the stock X?

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