Toshiba Tecra780DVD

[Chris Delfs]

For what its worth.  I installed 7.1 on a ASUS laptop and when I started
X/KDE it gave the impression it had locked up.  After playing around I
found
that the video output was going to the jack on the back of the laptop and
not to the TFT display.  X would start then KDE would go through several
initialization steps.  When KDE hit the peripherals step the TFT display
would go blank but the monitor plugged in at back was fine.


On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Wayne Vovil wrote:

> I have just installed Linux on Toshiba 2650XDVD and
> had very few probs. I used SuSE 7.1 Prof though. I had
> problems with Mandrake and RH; but hardly any with
> SuSE. What is the config of the 780DVD? Let me know
> and I may be able to give more specifics.
> 
> Wayne
> 
>  --- Bob Edwards <Robert.Edwards at anu.edu.au> wrote: >
> Paul Matthews wrote:
> > > 
> > > G'Day All,
> > > 
> > > My friend lent me his Toshiba Tecra780DVD to
> > install linux on (Mandrake
> > > 8). It all goes well until the Xconfigurator
> > stage, where no matter what
> > > is choosen, all that results is a blank screen and
> > a lookup. Any hints
> > > here?
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Paul Matthews
> > 
> > I had a similar problem when I installed RH7.1 onto
> > a Gateway laptop recently.
> > Machine boots fine but when you start X, it all just
> > locked up (actually, I
> > think I could still log in with ssh, but not on a
> > virtual console).
> > 
> > I can't remember what Steven Hanley eventually did
> > to make it work. I guess
> > he might be able to help when he returns from his
> > skiing trip. I think it
> > might
> > have been something to do with the keyboard or mouse
> > configuration.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Bob Edwards.
> >  
> 
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Chris Delfs                                   Christopher.Delfs at anu.edu.au
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