RE: HP XE2 & LynxEM

[Jamin Collins <JaminC adapt-tele com>]

I had a similar experience.  I don't know anything about this particular
model of laptop.  However, most of the laptops that I have worked with have
a function key combination to switch displays from LCD to External.  Have
you tried this?  Additionally, have you might check your XF86Config file as
it may be trying a resolution that your LCD screen can not handle by default
and thus switching to the external display.  The output from the X startup
may also be of assistance in locating your problem.  This output can be
redirected to a text file via the following command

startx > /tmp/x.out 2>&1

Jamin W. Collins
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Pennington [mailto:jpennington atipa com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 9:35 AM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: Re: HP XE2 & LynxEM

We evaluated some Asus laptops that used this (SMI) chipset, but the only
operational X server we found was XF86_FBDev (Frame Buffer Device).  It's
not
hard to set up, but it's painfully slow.

On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, Dimitri Papadiotis wrote:
> I am trying to run X on a HP XE2 (PIII 450, 64MB RAM, 4MB LynxEM VGA). The
> driver exists in Xconfigurator and I select a LCD monitor by a
manufacturer
> like IBM or Compaq since I can't find an HP 12.1 TFT one. When the
> configurator test the setting everything is ok ( I get the X screen saying
> If you can read this message...). When I issue startx my LCD goes blank
(as
> if it is switched off) but X is running ok. If I hook an external monitor
I
> can see X running OK, but even then when I try to exit X and get back to
> text mode everything is messed us. I can see all this on the external
> monitor, the LCD is always blank and the only way to make it display
> something again is to re-boot.
>
> Any suggestions?????????


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