Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 01:33:35 +0200 From: Jan Henrik Radl <gateway@image.dk> To: yongliu@public.bta.net.cn Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Notebook Problem] Message-ID: <33BAE54E.E38A4060@image.dk> References: <340AFA4E.40B0@public.bta.net.cn>
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Yong Liu wrote: > Subject: Notebook Problem > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:28:49 +0800 > From: Yong Liu <yongliu@public.bta.net.cn> > Organization: Unisoft Technology Co. Ltd. > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.2 on a Twinhead 9133TZ notebook PC w/ the > folloing configuration: > > Pentium 133/16M Memory/1.3G HD > > 12.1" TFT Display (Supports 800x600 at 60Hz non-interlaced) > Trident Cyber 9385 card (2M memory) > > I also have a NE-2000 compatible PCMCIA card inserted into slot 1 into > the PCMCIA dock. This dock has a Cirrus Logic PCMCIA controller > built-in. > > The poblem I encountered are: > > 1. I could not make the PCMCIA recognized by FreeBSD. I reconfigured the > kernel to include the PCCARD controllers and devices according the LINT > config template. I also added the ed0 driver. It complains that > "/dev/card0 not configured." when I run the "pccardc" command. BTW, this > PCMCIA card really works fine under Win95. If changing the card may > overcome this problem, I have a D-Link DE650 PCMCIA ethernet card at > hand. > > 2. I have installed the XFree86 3.3.1 on my notebook. It runs good under > the VGA16 mode when I set the following config: > > Video: VGA > Chipset: Generic > Card: Unsupported VGA > Monitor: Standard 640x480 > H-Refresh: 35.4 > V-Refresh: 50-90 > > If I set the chipset to cyber938x, the screen gets a very low resolution > with big dots. > > I tried the following configuration too: > > Video: SVGA > Chipset: cyber938x > Card: Trident TGUI9680 (generic) > Monitor: Extended Super VGA (800x600 at 60Hz ...) > H-Refresh: 31.5,35.4,... > V-Refresh: 50-130 > I'd a simlar problem with my ThinkPad 760EL, do you have the extend VGA to fullscreen option set? If so try disabling it - it worked for me! > An what I got was a black screen after the "startx" command. But when I > tried to switch between ttyv9 (graphic) and other ttys using the > "CTL-ALT-F?" key combinations, I could see the xterm and xclock windows > for a very short time (about 0.1 sec) and the screen went black again. > > I have read all the on-line documents, readmes and tried almost anything > I could think out of. > > Could anybody give me some hints on these strange stuff? Or is FreeBSD > is not so good as other free UNIX clones like Linux ? Your happy or bad > experiences with FreeBSD on a notebook are also highly welcomed. > On my ThinkPad 760EL it works great with 2.2.1 and PAO. Allmost everything besides my token-ring PCCARD works. > Thank you in advance. WYL Jan Henrik Radl
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