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Posted: Oct. 06 2004,00:51 QUOTE
Well I am still having problems.
When booting with fb800x600 the appears as a yellow mesh.
It's as if it's using the wrong color depth or something similiar.
Any way to make sure it's 16 bit ?
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Posted: Oct. 06 2004,02:46 QUOTE
Hmm..  well ... progress at least..

Near the beginning of this thread, user Truman Jones
states using fb800x600 on his Thinkpad 380D works fine..

In the beginning of this thread, a user with a 380ED has troubles..

Near the beginning of this thread, your first post states you have
a Thinkpad 380 ..

So, is it a "D" or an "ED" ?

Here are the specs for the ED series..
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc....ype=All

Here is a comparison chart - the 380/385 is the "D" series..  seems to have the
same 1.125 MB video card in it as the "ED" series
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc....-3RMPD4

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Posted: Oct. 08 2004,20:29 QUOTE
Thinkpad 380ED
The middle one : 2635-6AU

This is how I know my laptop's specs I have already been to this website.

Problem I am having is getting DSL to match what I need.
The resolution should be 800x600x16 but I can't get a veiwable desktop there is too much distortion with both xvesa and xfbdev.

So I am trying to find out what settings are wrong.
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Posted: Oct. 08 2004,22:42 QUOTE
Read this thread, since this box uses a similar chipset as yours..

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....a+modes

basically, startup with " dsl xsetup vga=789 " or " dsl xsetup vga=787 "

Then try setting it up using xvesa at 800x600 at 16 bit

Since there are a couple of options for the LCD screen, this may be the difference.

Give it a go, and let us know..

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Posted: Oct. 14 2004,22:24 QUOTE
dsl xsetup vga=787

ok that did it.

but does anyone know why ?
what did that do and what do I do about making sure that is how it will boot from now on.

i would eventually install this to my hd if turns out to be easier than other distros but I would need to make sure the video will work ok before hand.
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