[lug] installing linux on a fujitsu c4135

[Wayde Allen]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, John-David Childs wrote:

> Cyberblade i7 Chipset.  The Fujitsu c4235 (there is no 4135)

Actually there really is a 4135.  It is sitting on my desk as I type this.
You can check it out at
http://www.av-sales.com/html/buy_fujitsu_c4135_laptop.html.

> has a
> Cyberblade 9525DVD chip, which has its own memory (2.5M) as opposed to
> the shared memory of the i7.

Yes, that sounds very familiar.

> Synopsis:  despite claims of compatibility in XFree 3.3.5+, the only way
> I could get this to work in anything other than 320x200 *on my laptop
> LCD* was to use the Frame Buffer X Server (XFree86-FBDev).  With RH, I
> had to compile a new kernel (according to the Frame-Buffer HOWTO) and
> modify XF86Config with the ModeLine output from "fbset -x".  I have read
> (DejaNews) that others can get it to work with XFre86-SVGA and a regular
> monitor (even in 1024x768 mode). 
> 
> Mandrake allowed me to automatically set up a Frame Buffer capable
> kernel via the installer.  I had to modify the default VGA= (I set it to
> 0x314) statement in /etc/lilo.conf to get 800x600x16 (bits/pixel) and
> modify XF86Config (the same file I'd used under RH).

OK.
 

- Wayde
  (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)