Running X in RH9 on a laptop

martinman · 05-13-2003, 09:07 PM

ok, my father was so impressed with rh9 on my machine that he decided to upgrade one of his laptops to it. No sweat install. Then, as expected, X couldnt start. I THINK i've heard/seen tell of some tweak or issue with running linux on laptops (particularly new ones)

I've checked linux-on-laptops.org, nothing for me there

I;ve searched the forum and couldnt really find my answer...always try linux google...

so once again to you, LQ!

martinman · 05-13-2003, 09:08 PM

btw its a Dell Inspiron 8000 with a ATI Rage 128 Mobility (dun dun dunnnnn)

ifconfig · 05-14-2003, 12:53 AM

What you should do is that mark down the vedio card name, then go to this site to check if redhat 9 can be compatible with it:
http://www.redhat.com/hcl

If it can be comapitable with RH 9. Then you should run this as root at console:
redhat-config-xfree86

Then you can configure the Xwindow.

Good luck

martinman · 05-14-2003, 01:56 PM

dead link, I'll find it though...

martinman · 05-14-2003, 02:01 PM

dont matter, my dad fixed it himself late last night (i had MCAS, couldnt stay up to take claim in some glory) lol

Pcghost · 05-22-2003, 03:49 PM

The hardware compatability list for Red Hat 9 lives at
http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/technical/hcl/