I have an old Thinkpad 755c that uses the same video chipset. You might try XF86Config: http://thinkunix.net/unix/os/linux/XF86Configs/wd90c24-tp755c-debian30r1 On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:10:46 -0600, Chris Schumann <cschumann at twp-llc.com> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:04:04 -0600 > > From: Jim Crumley <crumley at belka.space.umn.edu> > > > On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 01:31:33PM -0600, Chris Schumann wrote: > > > I'm a Red Hat and Fedora user so far. But now I have an old > > > laptop (486) that I want to get running. Debian seems OK, but > > > the XFree86 is lame (320x200). > > > > 320x200 ? That's odd. If that's your main problem with Debian > > on the laptop, you might want to search for a better XF86Config > > for it. Does the laptop have a CD drive? If so you might want > > to try Knoppix, which sometimes does a better job of configuring > > X than Debian itself. Just boot up Knoppix, and copy the > > XF86Config to your Debian partition. > > The issue is that the laptop has the WD 90C24 chip. The svga driver > (or that portion) was not ported to XFree86 4.x and the package has > no maintainer. > > The generic vga driver is being used, so that's limited to 64k > video memory with 1 or 8 bits per pixel, and 256k with 4. My machine > has 1024k video memory, which is enough for 640x480 at 24bpp. > > The old laptop is an IBM ThinkPad 750P. It has no CD-ROM at all. > I can network with it, but that won't let me boot Knoppix. > > I'm also limited by the 36MB of RAM in it right now, which I just > upgraded on Saturday to that maximum level. > > At least Linux can see and use the 12GB hard disk in it. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >