Re: Linux of the 701

[pepersb@cuug.ab.ca (Brad Pepers)]

> Hello,
> 
> I have a TP701c DX4/75 24/540 running Win95. I just installed RedHat 3.0.3
> Linux, and have some questions. I'm a total newbie in UNiX, so pardon my
> ignorance. The installation went pretty smoothly. When I got to the part
> where I had to specify options for MetroX (commercial X-server that ships
> with RedHat), things got a little confusing. There was no preset option for
> my laptop screen, so I chose Generic 640x480 13". There were two edit boxes
> to enter the width and the height of the display, but I didn't do it at
> first. When I started X, everything on the screen looked to big (the
> Control Panel, xclock, window title bars, etc.) I tried reinstalling, and
> this time specify the physicall dimensions of the screen, but that didn't
> seem to help. I also tried to use XF86 server, and use the settings I got
> from the Linux Laptop page, but couldn't start X at all (at least I learned
> how to use  vi a little ;-)) If somebody is running MetroX, or has
> XF86config for TP701c, I'd appreciate some help. What's the deal with
> MetroX? Is it any better than XFree86? Also, I installed LILO, and it would
> display LI at startup and nothing else would happen. Adding 'linear' as the
> first line in lilo.conf didn't seem to change anything. Thanks for any
> help.

I've not used MetroX (I use the Caldera Linux release which comes with
Accelerated-X and of course XFree) so I'm not sure I can help much.  On
a laptop screen things will look large though.  If the chipset in the
701 is the same as my 755CD, then its a WD90C24A.  You can use the
"SuperProbe" command in Linux to find out the chipset.

As for the lilo, are you sure you re-installed lilo after adding the
"linear" option?  All you have to do to re-install is enter "lilo" at
the shell prompt.  You will see something like:

Added linux *
Added dos

I have always been able to fix the lilo problem you state by adding
"linear".

Hope this help you!

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