[Solved]Quirky Trident CyberBlade XPi graphics chipset

[ZenMystic]

I have just installed salix fluxbox on Toshiba R100 laptop after installing slackware 1337 [using AlienBOB pxe method] and running into a problem. However, the problem is the same, and google found the exact same problem:

hxxp://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20091005#feature

"the old Toshiba which has a somewhat quirky Trident CyberBlade XPi graphics chipset. I was left with a small desktop surrounded by lots of black space, the same result I had with Slackware 11. I suppose that's better than the non-functional X configuration that Slackware 12.1 and 12.2 produced. Since I had an X configuration that I knew would work from my VectorLinux Light installation I just copied that to /etc/X11/ and I was up and running. Otherwise I would have had to manually edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file." - Caitlyn Martin [an active member here, I believe]

Any help on this issue appreciated

[thenktor]

Yes, she is a member here: http://salixos.org/forum/memberlist.php ... file&u=177

[caitlyn]

My old Toshiba died in 2008 so I have no way to try out SalixOS 13.37 with that Trident chipset. One thing I did notice though, is that the tridentfb driver is blacklisted in a default SalixOS install. That's the driver you need. The first thing I would do is edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and comment out the listing for the tridentfb driver. Then try reconfiguring Xorg to use it. That might be all it takes.

If that doesn't work you can find my old xorg.conf file in the VectorLinux forum (that would be 3-4 years ago, BTW) and create an appropriate display section for /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

As I have never done this I probably am the wrong person to write out step-by-step instructions but hopefully I've given you the clues you need.

[ZenMystic]

Thanks for the response caitlyn, I'll give it a try as soon as I can get back into the machine. I've completely messed it up at the moment by adding an xorg.conf based on few clues from Arch wiki. Things seemed so much simpler in the days of startx & Ctrl Alt Backspace.

[ZenMystic]

Hi caitlyn
i found your old posts at vector forum with xorg.conf, and am happy to report I now have full screen. Thank you.
-------------------------------------------------
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "TOS"
ModelName ""
HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
VertRefresh 40-90
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
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[caitlyn]

Glad my old post was helpful and that you got it working.