I just got a Thinkpad 380D. This has a NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD with
an 800x600 display, and can display 16 bit color at 800x600. I just
installed Mandrake 10.1 on it, and selected the X server for the
NeoMagic 128XD, specifying 800x600x16 bit. When X is started, I get
thin colored bands going up the screen, followed by a system freeze.
Mandrake's installer in rescue mode fails on this machine, however I
can boot into single user mode.

Questions:

What configuration SHOULD I be using?

What X server should I be using?

How can I change the X configuration without reinstalling the OS?
What files and values do I need to change?

Thanks!

On 22 Jan 2005 14:22:11 -0800, nooneinparticular314159@yahoo.com
staggered into the Black Sun and said:

You multi-posted this article to at least 3 newsgroups; this one,
col.hardware, and col.misc . *Don't* *do* *that*. If you feel a
question is appropriate for multiple newsgroups, cross-post, don't
multi-post. You cross-post an article by putting multiple newsgroups in
the Newsgroups: line, like so:

Newsgroups: alt.flame,alt.religion.kibology,comp.lang.perl.mis c

....see? Do that in the future. It's also considered good manners to
set a Followup-To: when you cross-post something.

> I just got a Thinkpad 380D. This has a NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD with
> an 800x600 display, and can display 16 bit color at 800x600. I just
> installed Mandrake 10.1 on it. When X is started, I get thin colored
> bands going up the screen, followed by a system freeze.
>
> What configuration SHOULD I be using? What X server should I be
> using? How can I change the X configuration without reinstalling the
> OS? What files and values do I need to change?

X's configuration is stored in /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf
.. You can edit it with any text editor. You need to be using the
neomagic X server. The man page for neomagic says this:

Note
On some laptops using the 2160 chipset (MagicGraph 128XD) the following
options are needed to avoid a lock-up of the graphic engine:
Option "XaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect"
Option "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"

....so put those Options in the Device section of your config file,
restart X, see if it works.

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