XFree on a laptop?

[Warren Togami]

I got it working in Roswell2 with the XF86Config-4 file on this page.  This
is another very similar notebook computer.
http://www.douglasstewart.com/n5470.html

What version of Linux are you running?  During the beta period I sent
information about my hardware to Red Hat, and it should theoretically be
working in Red Hat 7.2.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roderick A Gammon" <AEG-Inc at hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:39 PM
Subject: [luau] XFree on a laptop?


> Aloha-
>
> When it rains it pours, this time a world of confusion.
>
> Got a HP Pavilion XH485 laptop, pretty similar to a n5430. There's a great
> web page on linux and that model:
> http://www.deater.net/john/PavilionN5430.html
>
> Unfortunately the notes on XFree don't totally apply, and startx crashes
> with "no screens found".
>
> Graphics chip is Trident CBXP (Cyber blade), 8m sgram, 15" XGA TFT.
>
> Appended are two files, one is the XF86Config I tried (from above named
> site). Second is the XFree86.0.log.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks-
> Rod G