xwindows on a pavilion zt1175

stan · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2002 Posts: 30

I'm trying to get gentoo up on this pavilion zt1175 and I have the install going fine.

my first problem is that the console / display does not take up the full size of the screen.

my second problem is that I can only get x working in 8 bit color then it doesn't utalize the full monitor (see problem #1) and looks like crap.

I wen't to the savage web page and got drivers for the video card but those did no good seeing as how when I try to run the ./install.sh script it says I need to have xfree86 installed. but I do.

any help with this would be appriciated.

Caesars727 · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 8:21 pm Post subject:

On a side note, i have a xt178 pavilion and i cant even get my network set up to begin the install. How did you set it up?? Thanks

stan · n00b Joined: 15 Jul 2002 Posts: 30

I just had to load the right module. it happend to be a realtek module 8139too

after that just run the net-setup script. (:

I still can't get fb working fbset says there is no /dev/fb0 which is true but I can't figure out how to get one so I can set up frame buffering.

Caesars727 · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:54 pm Post subject:

well, i belive mine uses a natsemi module, as it works fine with redhat.....i dont mean to hi-jack your thread, but check my thread out and tell me what you think.

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=38425

qwkbrnfox · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:31 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I have the zt1175, too. Right now, I'm using xfree 4.2.1. For the video driver, I'm using the one found here. Installation was a snap. Just follow the instructions. Note that a couple of extra libraries are needed - search for gentoo on the web page. If you want the X config file, I can provide that, when I get back to the laptop. If you have any questions, let me know!