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Driver for Linux on TP 600
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:12 am
by flavio
Hi boyz.
I have just installed Xubuntu 6.06 on my old TP 600 (PII 300 + 64 MB ram) now I'm looking for video and audio drivers but... nothing!! Please, help me!! Note: this tp hasn't any net-card so it isn't on-line.
Thanks. Bye.
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:40 pm
by Davemci
I'm not familiar with Xubuntu, hopefully you have a program called "alsaconf" installed. If you do, you can get the audio working by just typing "alsaconf" as root and run the setup. Works great on my 600, 600e, 600x. You can also google ossfree or 4front technologies and see if they have a driver. However, some of their drivers aren't free.
I use slackware linux on all my 600s and it installs the correct drivers. If you type "lspci" do you see the correct video card? If so, you may just need to edit xorg.conf or run "xorgconfig" or "xorgsetup".
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:13 am
by flavio
what I have to edit in xorg.conf?? The system shows the correct video-card but it doesn't use all the inches, i.e. there is a black space around the desktop! xorg.conf has many susections display and...what to do? hot to run xorgconfig or xorgsetup?? and alsaconf?? "command not found"!
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:34 am
by Davemci
You may be able to resize your screen by just holding down the "CTRL ALT +" keys. Toward the bottom of xorg.conf is a section called "Screen section". You can change the default color depth. It normally is set to 24. If you have a 600 you need to change it to "DefaultDepth 16" for 1024x768. If that works you're all set, otherwise you also need to change Subsection "Display" Depth 16 so that the only size is 1024x768. I'm assuming that is the size you want. As you probably know the original 600s only support 16bit color at 1024x768.
When you tried alsaconf were you logged in as root? It should be in /usr/sbin directory.
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:05 am
by flavio
video solved! thanks! depth 16 resolution 1024x768. and now, what about audio?how to use alsaconf?
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:17 am
by Davemci
Hi I was still editing my last message when you replied you fixed the video. Great. Back in the dark ages of linux before alsa I spent weeks setting up audio on some systems. alsaconf should be in /usr/sbin so you need to be root to run it. It's menu driven and makes most of the decisions for you. If you don't have the alsa package it's available from
http://www.alsa-project.org along with all the documentation.
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:02 pm
by flavio
well, synaptic says alsaconf is installed but alsaconf returns "command not found". I use alsactl restrore and the answer is :no soundcards found...
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:09 pm
by flavio
daavemci do you like baseball? are you happy for the tigers?
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:26 am
by tom lightbody
for sound, these work on my 600e--WMMV:
1. emulate the soundblaster: "modprobe sb"
2. (fancier) "modprobe cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0"
if either works you can automate it in /etc/modules: note ALSA not
best in linux
tom
ps. go bengals:-)
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:39 am
by flavio
My th is a 600 but I think the problem isn't this. The system says: Module sb not found...
I WANT SOUND!!
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:12 pm
by Davemci
flavio wrote:daavemci do you like baseball? are you happy for the tigers?
How about those Tigers!
There is another thread in the linux forum here on getting sound to work on your flavor of Linux. Look for the topic "Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake on 600e and iSeries 1721" toward the bottom of that topic there are a couple of links that may answer your audio questions.