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Linux on a ThinkPad 760XL

My ThinkPad 760XL was a corporate laptop some years ago -- I don't remember much, but I got everything from existing pages, so all I can really say is that it works. I used RedHat 5.2 and got X in 800x600, sound via OSS, and got APM working. The laptop was too slow to run StarOffice acceptably, so I didn't use the Linux partition much (just for network scanning). I did keep the X information though:


From: Jack Coates old.address
To: sanpei@sanpei.org
Subject: [Laptop-X Survey]
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 12:44 PM

#
#ITEM
#DATE    July 6, 1999
#NAME    Jack Coates
#ADDR    old.address
#MCN     IBM ThinkPad 760XL
#CPU     P166
#BIOS    hzet71ww
#VMODEL  
#OS      RedHat 6.0
#OSV     2.2.15
#XFRV    3.3.3.1-49
#XFRS    SVGA
#VCHIP   TGUI (Trident) Cyber9385
#RAMDAC  
#VCLOCK  
#VBUS    PCI
#VRAM    2mb
#VDEPTH  16bpp
#RESOL   800x600
#LCDSIZE 12.1 inch
#LCDTYPE Active Matrix
#ECRTV   
#ECRTM   
#ECRTH   
#ECRTV   
#ECRTB   
#MISC    /MISC
#MISCJ   /MISCJ
#/ITEM
#
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
    FontPath   "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    #NoTrapSignals
    #DontZap
    #DontZoom
EndSection

Section "Keyboard"
    Protocol    "Standard"
    #Protocol   "Xqueue"
    AutoRepeat  500 5
    #ServerNumLock
    #Xleds      1 2 3
    LeftAlt        Meta
    RightAlt        Meta
   ScrollLock      Compose
   RightCtl        Control
#    XkbDisable
   XkbKeycodes     "xfree86"
   XkbTypes        "default"
   XkbCompat       "default"
   XkbSymbols      "us(pc101)"
   XkbGeometry     "pc"
   XkbRules        "xfree86"
   XkbModel        "pc101"
    XkbLayout       "us"
EndSection

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "PS/2"
    Device      "/dev/mouse"
#    Protocol   "Xqueue"
    Emulate3Buttons
#    ChordMiddle
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "My Monitor"
    VendorName  "IBM"
    ModelName   "760XL"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 37.9
    VertRefresh 50-90
ModeLine "800x600"     36     800  824  896 1024   600  601  603  625
Modeline "800x600"     40     800  840  968 1056   600  601  605  628
+hsync +vsync
Modeline "800x600"     50     800  856  976 1040   600  637  643  666
+hsync +vsync
Modeline  "800x600"    60.75  800  864  928 1088   600  616  621  657
-HSync -VSync
Modeline  "800x600"    69.65  800  864  928 1088   600  604  610  640
-HSync -VSync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier        "Generic VGA"
    VendorName        "Unknown"
    BoardName "Unknown"
    Chipset   "generic"
#    VideoRam 256
#    Clocks   25.2 28.3
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "TG 9660"
    VendorName  "IBM"
    BoardName   "760XL (Cyber9385)"
    VideoRam    2048
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "TG 9660"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "vga16"
    Device      "Generic VGA"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    Subsection "Display"
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "vga2"
    Device      "Generic VGA"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    Subsection "Display"
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "accel"
    Device      "TG 9660"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

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