Hi, I�ve got a Toshiba Satellite 1805-S254 with the same Trident Cyber Aladdin-T video adapter this week.
I was looking for a way to configure XFree86 with Linux on the web, and found your questions. I found my answer at: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/portege4000.html (thanks Jani - if I sorted your email right...) I adapted my XF86Config-4 from Jani�s file (mine is available below). My laptop isn�t the same model as Jani�s, so here�s a small overview of the whole installation (sorry if it�s partially off-topic to Xpert): 1. It comes with Windows XP Home Edition in an NTFS partition. AFAIK, there�s not way to reinstall from the recovery CDs choosing FAT32. I�ve Partition-Magicked 7.02 it to shrink the NTFS partition and then converted it to FAT32 to be able to dual-boot (grub) and read-write to the XP partition. DON�T TRY TO USE PQBOOT. I tried and got a bluescreen on the next XP boot - booted RH rescue, reinstalled grub on MBR, ok. 2. Installed RH7.2 and all the updates, then upgraded the kernel to 2.4.17. You can get my /usr/src/linux/.config at http://rf.com.br/files/Toshiba_1805-S254_Kernel_2.4.17.config.txt. It�s what I�m using now. You can copy to your .config and �edit� it with make menuconfig. I have the sound, ethernet, X, and usb working. Haven�t tried the modem (I don�t dialup). 3. Tried all I knew to try to make X work with XF86_SVGA (3.3.6) (it thinks the board is a TGUI9420dgi or something, but the max dot-clock is too low for 1024x768). Then I tried the XFree86 server (4.1.0) with the trident driver. No good. 4. Finally found Jani�s page with the answer. Adapted my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (available at http://rf.com.br/files/Toshiba_1805-S254_XF86Config-4.txt) according to his config file, to use the vesa driver. If you look at my kernel config, you�ll see I don�t have the kernel vesa fb support; XFree86 is using its own. It is working fine. I don�t think it can play decent DVDs on it, but it�s good enough for me (and even for 320x240 15fps mpegs). Drop me an email if you need more info. Joao S Veiga _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
