User:Rajgautam

Gentoo linux installation in compaq Evo N115 laptop

I got this old laptop from my friend Matt with 20GB HDD,256MB RAM,,,, - 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 80) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 42) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a) 00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) 00:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01) 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01) 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK) (rev 01) 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) -
 * 1) lspci

I had to spend my evening trying to figure out the xorg configuration.Finally, I managed to get my xwindows with the following xorg configuration: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 #InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "1" EndSection
 * 1) /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection

Section "Module" #Load "extmod" #Load "dbe" #Load "record" #Load "xtrap" #Load "glx" #Load "type1" #Load "freetype" Load   "bitmap" Load   "dbe" Load   "ddc" Load   "dri" Load   "extmod" Load   "freetype" Load   "glx" Load   "int10" Load   "record" Load   "type1" Load   "v4l" Load   "vbe" Load   "GLcore" EndSection
 * 1)        Load "dri"

Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection

Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" EndSection

Section "InputDevice" Identifier "SynapticsMouse1" Driver "synaptics" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "MinSpeed" "0.09" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "1" Option "TapButton3" "1" EndSection

Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "LGP" ModelName "0" Option         "DPMS"  "true" HorizSync      30-64    #28-49 VertRefresh    50-160   #40-72 DisplaySize    400 300  #288 216 EndSection

Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" #Driver "fglrx" Driver "savage" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" #BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option         "UseFBDev"              "true" EndSection

Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device    "Card0" Monitor   "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth    16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection

SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth    24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection

Section "DRI" Mode   0666 EndSection


 * 1) Section "Extensions"
 * 2)       Option "Composite" "true"
 * 3) EndSection