Hi, Iīve 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 Janiīs file (mine is available below). My laptop isnīt the same model as Janiīs, so hereīs a small overview of the whole installation (sorry if itīs partially off-topic to Xpert): 1. It comes with Windows XP Home Edition in an NTFS partition. AFAIK, thereīs not way to reinstall from the recovery CDs choosing FAT32. Iīve 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. DONīT 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. Itīs what Iīm using now. You can copy to your .config and ĻeditĻ it with make menuconfig. I have the sound, ethernet, X, and usb working. Havenīt tried the modem (I donīt 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 Janiīs 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, youīll see I donīt have the kernel vesa fb support; XFree86 is using its own. It is working fine. I donīt think it can play decent DVDs on it, but itīs 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
