On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:37:33 +1200 Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys, > > I installed RH 8.0 on my Toshiba Satellite Pro 440CDX laptop (Pentium > 133/MMX, 48MB RAM). When X attempts to boot I get a problem. The 'Fn' > key on this laptop allows me to select internal display, external > display, or both, but somehow X triggers the display device to use > the 'both' mode, which flickers sometimes. Hitting the 'Fn' key to > select 'internal' mode fixes it, but I wonder if this can be fixed > from XFree86 configs... > > Has anyone encountered anything like that installing to an older > Toshiba laptop? what is the video chipset? on my s3 video laptop s3switch chooses between lcd/crt/tvout, you could put it in a startup script (/etc/rc.local or something?) > > While I'm on the case PCMCIA info in KDE desktop claims there is no > PCMCIA controller installed, despite a modprobe revealing that the > 2.4.19 kernel RH 8.0 uses has a loaded PCMCIA module. Also, I get > no sound, since all the installers for Debian, Mandrake and now RH > cannot seem to find a noise-making device...thats odd since the > BIOS setup screen allows me to change IRQ's for sound, and the > info in the BIOS tells me its a fairly standard SB16 device with > all the MPU401, MIDI, recording, wav support etc... > what does lspci tell you about what devices are present? > Kind regards, > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch. > >
