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Rob Hanson (rhanson@uoguelph.ca) wrote:
> I have a 365XD with an active matrix display. I'm trying to install Linux
> out there have any suggestions?
http://www.us.pc.ibm.com/products/thinkpad/2afe_11da.html says the machine
has a Trident CYBER9320 chip (i.e. same as the 760EL I have). You could
try XFree86 3.2 (newer versions don't work reliably for this chip) and my
XF86Config you can find on http://www.muc.de/~hm/linux/thinkpad.html. You
need to use the XF86_SVGA server. Mouse == PS/2. I don't use the X keyboard
extensions. YMMV.
> 10.4" active matrix display
^^^^^
Are you sure? The IBM Thinkpad page says those machines all have 11.3"
displays, either DSTN or TFT. Maybe you have an older model which is no
longer listed? To find out ybout your graphics chipset, you may want to
look at the things W95 knows about (if you happen to have it on your
machine).
As for the Linux version & distribution I personally do not recommend
Slackware. I have read of too many problems beginners (I assume you are,
sorry if that's inappropriate) have with it. I'd spend some $$ and get
a recent Red Hat (4.2) or Caldera CD. XFree86 3.2 is not very likely to
be on these CDs any longer but you can try ftp.xfree86.org or any of its
mirrors. If no success, contact me, I still have a mirror of it.
I know of no commercial X server (MetroX, Accel-X) which
supports the Trident Cyber family yet... You may want to check
http://www.xinside.com/bd/trident.ax/index.html from time to time, though.
XIG's laptop server doesn't support _any_ Trident chip yet. (Thomas, you
read this?)
Sound: the machine has an ESS1688 chip like my 760EL. SB16 emulation mode
runs just fine for record any play. Just look which I/O ports and
interrupts W95 claims to use and configure your sound driver accordingly
(you do want to configure and compile your own kernel eventually...)
Last, you may want to join the linux-laptop mailing list
(linux-laptop@vger.rutgers.edu). Send an e-mail with "subscribe
linux-laptop" to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu. The traffic there is fairly
low but you can contact experienced Linux Laptop users directly. And really
last, my above web page has a number of Linux/Thinkpad related links.
Hope this helps.