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t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:09 pm
by garysblim
Hi all:
I'm kind of a newbie on linux and have installed linux mint 8 on my T43. Everything seems to work. For the screen, I get 1400x1050 resolution although it complains the screen not detected. But when I tried to change the visual effects, I get an error saying "display effects could not be enabled". Anyone has any idea to solve this? Thanks so much,
Gary
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:38 pm
by Neil
My guess is a graphics driver issue. Do you have Intel or ATI graphics?
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:48 pm
by garysblim
It's ATI fire gl. I've tried installing driver from ubuntu but that didn't work. The aticonfig doesn't recognize the card. btw, LM sees the card as radeon card. I really like LM but am tempted to try ubuntu now... Thanks
Gary
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:00 pm
by Neil
Well...you know Mint is based on Ubuntu, so I doubt Ubuntu will have anything additional to offer over Mint. You might want to try Mandriva. IIRC, the Radeon drivers are built-in instead of having to be added as with Ubuntu and derivatives.
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:04 pm
by garysblim
Really? I'll give it a try tonight. I'm hoping to make it like a 'mac'. Btw, does virtualbox work in mandriva? Thanks.
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:09 pm
by Neil
Yes, virtualbox will work on most any distro. BTW, have you looked at
the Mac4Lin Project?
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:15 pm
by garysblim
great! And yes. That's how I found out the video wasn't working properly. I couldn't install the dock and activate high quality appearance. Thanks!
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:27 am
by garysblim
I installed Mandriva 2010 and so far most of the function work except waking up from sleep. I've reading and it seems a common problem. Is there a work around? Thanks.
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:41 am
by GomJabbar
Resume from Sleep (to RAM) works fine here on my T42 in Mandriva 2010. Resume from Hibernation (to Disc) also works fine.
I use
/usr/sbin/pm-suspend for Suspend to RAM.
I use
/usr/sbin/pm-hibernate for Suspend to Disc.
I initiate these commands with my hardware hotkeys Fn+F4 and Fn+F12.
Here is my
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
Code: Select all
# File generated by XFdrake (rev )
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "False" # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Load "dri" # direct rendering
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel 1400x1050"
HorizSync 28.8-90
VertRefresh 60
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "ATI Radeon X1950 and earlier"
Driver "ati"
Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "GARTSize" "64"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
# Here you can set virtual screen size:
Virtual 2800 1050
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:56 am
by garysblim
Hi GomJabbar:
Thanks for the reply. I think I have the same set-up. I think my works as long as I don't switch power source. i.e. if I put the laptop to sleep (close lid) during ac plug-in, I am not able to wake it up on the road with battery or plug in again at work. I'll try putting it to sleep with fn+f4 to see if it makes a difference.
Thanks,
Gary
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:53 pm
by GomJabbar
You might try running one or the other of those commands as root and see how it goes. That would rule out Mandriva using a different method to enter suspend.
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:37 pm
by garysblim
thanks. but now i have lost my bluetooth driver suddenly. It was working fine communicating with my mouse and my phone. After waking up, it's lost communication / driver. The HW console doesn't see bluetooth either. I've tried rebooting with not much luck. it seems the driver is now corrupted or something. lol
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:08 pm
by GomJabbar
Will Fn+F5 wakeup bluetooth? My laptop has bluetooth, but I don't really use it.
I don't know about bluetooth, but I find with my cellular connection, it's best to terminate the connection before Suspending the computer. Otherwise, I may not be able to reconnect after Resume.
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:19 pm
by garysblim
thanks for the reply.no, fn key can only turn off but can't enable again. I also try sending:
echo enabled > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
But again, it doesn't work. After uninstalling and installing ibm & bluetooth, it briefly worked but crashed the system. I also had problem accessing bios (the system froze). It never happened to me even when i was running xp... Very strange.
Gary
Re: t43 linux mint 8 video question
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:45 pm
by garysblim
Latest update. Just got home and turned on the laptop. And there it is, the bluetooth works again! This is just too strange. Now, I'm wondering if the fan control isn't working too well and cause the system to overheat? Right now, it's fan is running at 3979 (see below).
status: enabled
speed: 3979
level: auto
Does anyone know if this is a good way to keep the cpu cool? I'll keep it running tonight and see if the same problem happens again.
Thanks,
Gary