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Topic: X won't start, Issue with a toshiba portege 7010CT

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dgrafix

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Posted: Oct. 22 2005,17:22

i have a neomagic too and X starts but the display is corrupt and unreadable

chava

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Posted: Oct. 23 2005,01:31

too bad

any other distro you've tried with that graphics card?

doobit

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Posted: Oct. 23 2005,02:25

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man4/neomagic.4.html

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ke4nt1

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Posted: Oct. 23 2005,03:36

I have similar chipsets on my IBM laptops..

I start out booting the DSL CD with the bootcode

fb800x600 dma

Then, when the xsetup choices come up,
choose xfbdev, 800x600, your mouse, etc., etc..

Works for me..

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ke4nt

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Posted: Oct. 24 2005,15:01

hi!
on live cd try in boot options F2 and choose "fb800x600" it's work on laptops.
if dsl is installed in HD an boot with lilo, change in lilo.conf vga=788 or 778 don't remember. and execute xsetup.sh to set in framebuffer.
good luck!

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