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Re: XFree86 beta on 760ED, any hints?



On Mon, 16 Sep 1996 09:14:33 -0400  Don Russell wrote:
> 
> 
> >>>> I've tried XFree86 312E, F, and G, but still cannot get it work on a
> >>>> Thinkpad 760ED directly.  All I got is some black/white vertical bars.
> >>>> Pressing Fn-F7 (one or many times) doesn't help.
> 
>    I had the same problem when moving from a 760C to a 760E. I could make it 
work by
>    toggling Fn-F7, but that was messy. I am running Xfree 3.1.2G and Linux 2.
0.19
> 
>    The real fix was to get better timing values in my XF86Config file. The wo
rking 
>    numbers for me are:
> 
>     ModeLine "800x600"     31.5    800  824  896 1024   600  601  603  625
>     
>    This allows we to start X cleanly and also to switch back and forth betwee
n
>    X and text virtual consoles, which never worked right before.
> 
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> 

I'm in the same situation -- the Modeline above doesn't work either;
vertical bars no matter what timing I try.  I'm using 3.1.2G
and Linux 2.0.0

Does any one have a working XF86Config for a 760ED????????


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