gentoo on a toshiba tecra 8000

[Brian Densmore]

There is a new function in X to tell it to configure itself. Have you
tried that yet?
XFree86 -configure

After that I would try xf86cfg, because it is a graphical approach and
easier to work with.
Also if that doesn't help, check the readme files to see if your chipset
is supported under a
different name. Or check here to see if it even supported:

http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/README3.html

HTH,
Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Becker, Rob [mailto:Becker at celeritas.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:55 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: gentoo on a toshiba tecra 8000
> 
> 
> I'm trying to install gentoo on a tecra 8000.  I have it up 
> and running but X is giving me a rough time.  I know what 
> video chipset is installed in this laptop, but it doesn't 
> show up as an option in the database list in xf86config.  I 
> have redhat 7.3 running on another tecra 8000.  Are there 
> enough similarities between Gentoo and Redhat from an X 
> standpoint that I can just copy the XF86Config from the 
> redhat box to the gentoo box?  What is the XF86Config-4 on 
> redhat?  I've done a bit of reading on the XFree site, but 
> I'm still pretty confused as to how to build a proper 
> XF86Config file for this machine.  Any help greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Rob
> 
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