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I'd appreciate some input from X configuration gurus, so please read this even if you don't have a TP701. Based on a mail from Bjoern Stabell reporting partial success with the pre-beta enhanced CT65545 X server, I grabbed the latest version from ftp://ftp.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/pub/X/XFree86/alpha/CT65545plus/. Unlike the 960520 version which corrupted my video without fail, both the 960606 and 960620 versions work, sort of. Bjoern reports it comes up on his LCD but displaced 20-30 pixels up. I tried it and it doesn't come up, but neither does it corrupt my video. Furthermore, if I switch away to a text shell (ctrl-alt-F1) and switch back, for a brief instant I can see my X desktop before it goes black. The same thing happens when I run the server in 16bpp mode. Does anyone know if these symptoms indicate something obvious we're doing wrong? I mailed Bjoern asking for his XF86Config file, but it's been over a week and he hasn't answered so I assume he's on vacation or something. I have been using the same XF86Config file I use with the generic SVGA XF86 3.1.2 server (with the same clock). I'd really like to run X in 16bpp and ditch Win95. For those of you running FreeBSD or Linux on your 701, the pre-beta CT65545 drivers offer 16bpp and 24bpp support, hardware acceleration, hardware mouse, and programmable clocks. -- John H. Kim "I stop for red traffic lights" -- bumper sticker jokim@mit.edu commissioned by the City of Boston as part of a MIT Sea Grant campaign to shed its reputation for bad drivers.