Re: Linux on 760

To: bstewart@sun2.bnl.gov (Bruce Stewart)
Subject: Re: Linux on 760
From: Steve Hultquist <ssh@wwsi.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 22:40:26 -0700
Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
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>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Stewart <bstewart@sun2.bnl.gov> writes:

 Bruce> I also have an extra hard drive for the purpose of running
 Bruce> Linux, but although I know Unix fairly well I am having a heap
 Bruce> of trouble configuring XFree86. The X that came with my Debian
 Bruce> distribution didn't know about the Trident TGUI 9660 video card,
 Bruce> so I got XFree86 3.1.2G beta. Now xinit works, but it thinks I
 Bruce> have only 640x480, and I can't get it to recognize the mouse.

The mouse is a PS/2.  You need to tweak your /etc/XF86Config file to
have the 800x600 version be the preferred (and define your "monitor" as
800x600, too).

Cheers,
ssh

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References:
- Linux on 760
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