X Setup for Thinkpad T43

Hi All,

I'm trying to setup Red Hat v9 on a ThinkPad T43. Everything seems ok
except the X Windows setup. I'm trying to configure KDE but am not
getting the settings right. The screen just goes blank when I try to
load X. I've tried updating the XF86Config file but I;m not getting
it right. Has anyone successfully set this up and, if so, could you
post the settings for Monitor, Device, etc.

Thanks for any help,
Steve

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:56:15 -0400, Steve Harp wrote:

> I'm trying to setup Red Hat v9 on a ThinkPad T43. Everything seems ok
> except the X Windows setup. I'm trying to configure KDE but am not
> getting the settings right. The screen just goes blank when I try to
> load X. I've tried updating the XF86Config file but I;m not getting it
> right. Has anyone successfully set this up and, if so, could you post
> the settings for Monitor, Device, etc.

Is there a reason for using such a old version, circa 2003, of Redhat?
Try a more contemporary LiveCD like Fedora 7 or Ubuntu or PCLinuxOS 2007,
and see if they work. Your system may just be too new for Redhat 9 to
handle correctly without lots of tweeking.

Anyway, I've had the X configure problem numerous times on many different
machines. It's usually caused by the X configure utility reading your
video hardware incorrectly. The only solution I've found is to edit the
X config file manually correcting the errors. Just running the utility
again won't correct the errors.

Does your system drop to a terminal when the X server fails? Can you
post the XF86Config file?

Stef