| daniel_mc | hello... | 01:47 |
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| daniel_mc | i'm new to ubuntu forums seeking wisdom | 01:47 |
| pwnguin | well you missed | 01:49 |
| pwnguin | this is IRC | 01:49 |
| pwnguin | more specifically, this channel is dedicated to improving how ubuntu runs on laptops | 01:50 |
| daniel_mc | heh, yeah i meant IRC | 01:51 |
| daniel_mc | not forums | 01:51 |
| daniel_mc | i've got ubuntu 8.04 running on my X61 ; pretty sweet | 01:51 |
| daniel_mc | i am seeking wisdom on getting dual monitors going though | 01:51 |
| pwnguin | its been pretty easy to enable with nvidia for me =/ | 01:52 |
| daniel_mc | yeah, i have twinview running @ home with twinview, easy as cake | 01:53 |
| daniel_mc | unfortunately on my x61 i'm using a VTbook | 01:53 |
| pwnguin | ? | 01:54 |
| daniel_mc | http://www.villagetronic.com/ftp/vtbook/Linux/LinuxReadMe.html | 01:54 |
| pwnguin | have you seen the thinkwiki? | 01:54 |
| daniel_mc | nope | 01:54 |
| daniel_mc | i just googled it | 01:55 |
| pwnguin | ah, so its a trident | 01:55 |
| daniel_mc | yep | 01:55 |
| daniel_mc | brb gotta reboot | 01:56 |
| danielm_mc | hey pwnguin | 02:04 |
| danielm_mc | you still here? | 02:04 |
| pwnguin | yes | 02:05 |
| danielm_mc | yeah, so i'm stuck and donno what to do to get this thing working | 02:05 |
| danielm_mc | any advice? | 02:06 |
| pwnguin | #ubuntu, your regional LoCo, other thinkpad users | 02:07 |
| danielm_mc | :( | 02:09 |
| pwnguin | launchpad | 02:09 |
| danielm_mc | what is a good channel for people with thinkpads? | 02:10 |
| danielm_mc | #launchpad? | 02:10 |
| pwnguin | no | 02:10 |
| pwnguin | launchpad is a project hosting site Ubuntu uses | 02:10 |
| pwnguin | oh, also the wiki | 02:12 |
| danielm_mc | which wiki? | 02:12 |
| danielm_mc | thinkwiki? | 02:12 |
| danielm_mc | not very helpful | 02:12 |
| pwnguin | wiki.ubuntu.com | 02:12 |
| pwnguin | where did you get that thinkpad? | 02:13 |
| danielm_mc | what do you mean? | 02:14 |
| danielm_mc | i think CDW? it's for my work | 02:14 |
| pwnguin | i can't seem to find an X61 with trident graphics | 02:14 |
| danielm_mc | i'm pretty good with linux, but this vtbook is a pain | 02:14 |
| danielm_mc | no the X61 has a builtin intel graphics card | 02:14 |
| danielm_mc | the VTBook is a pc-card | 02:14 |
| pwnguin | wth | 02:15 |
| pwnguin | ok then, thinkwiki wont be a help obviously | 02:15 |
| danielm_mc | yeah | 02:15 |
| pwnguin | and the average forum / answers person won't be of use | 02:16 |
| danielm_mc | hahah yeah, exactly | 02:16 |
| pwnguin | you could ask CDW | 02:17 |
| danielm_mc | meh.. i might actually email villagetronic (the makers of the vtbook | 02:17 |
| pwnguin | I mean, it probably won't work, but if enough people do it they might notice | 02:18 |
| pwnguin | or, did you buy the vtbook card from someone else? | 02:18 |
| danielm_mc | we bought the vtbook right from villagetronic | 02:20 |
| pwnguin | danielm_mc: did you set up the kernel option? | 02:26 |
| danielm_mc | which one? | 02:27 |
| pwnguin | pci=cbmemsize=128M | 02:27 |
| danielm_mc | kernel/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-18-generic root=UUID=984582af-d3a4-47d0-9f58-030a3678db29 ro quiet splash pci=cbmemsize=128M | 02:27 |
| danielm_mc | i added that to the end of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst | 02:28 |
| pwnguin | these directions are destined to fail | 02:29 |
| danielm_mc | the directions on the villagetronic homepage? | 02:30 |
| danielm_mc | yeah no kidding | 02:30 |
| pwnguin | danielm_mc: so thus far, how much damage have you caused? | 02:30 |
| danielm_mc | to my machine? | 02:31 |
| danielm_mc | or to the world? | 02:31 |
| pwnguin | the machine please | 02:31 |
| danielm_mc | oh, no damage to the machine yet | 02:32 |
| danielm_mc | i have a large bald spot on the side of my head though | 02:32 |
| pwnguin | how many files have you twiddled with? | 02:33 |
| pwnguin | menu.lst is fine | 02:33 |
| danielm_mc | menu.lst | 02:35 |
| danielm_mc | just menu.lst ; and i made a backup of the | 02:35 |
| danielm_mc | /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/trident_drv.so | 02:35 |
| danielm_mc | /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/trident_drv.so.old | 02:35 |
| danielm_mc | and my xorg.conf | 02:35 |
| danielm_mc | i think the problem has to be with my xorg.conf | 02:35 |
| danielm_mc | also i added to rc.local to do the setpci command | 02:35 |
| danielm_mc | root@baikinman:/boot/grub# Xorg -version | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation. | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | It is not supported in any way. | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/. | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release. | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository. | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions. | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90 | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | Release Date: 5 September 2007 | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9.2) | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | Current Operating System: Linux baikinman 2.6.24-18-generic #1 SMP Wed May 28 19:28:38 UTC 2008 x86_64 | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | Build Date: 13 June 2008 01:10:57AM | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | 02:36 | |
| danielm_mc | Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | to make sure that you have the latest version. | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | Module Loader present | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | is the problem that i am running a pre release version of xorg? | 02:36 |
| danielm_mc | i'm just running the shit that came stock with 8.04 - and i really couldn't even tell you what version of xorg i'm running, let alone if it's modularized or not | 02:37 |
| danielm_mc | i think it's modularized though | 02:37 |
| pwnguin | danielm_mc: i think you might be best served by posting on https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu | 02:51 |
| pwnguin | it'll provide an easy way for documentation etc | 02:51 |
| pwnguin | plus it has built in search for dupe finding | 02:52 |
| danielm_mc | alright thanks dude/dudes | 02:53 |
| danielm_mc | i appreciate it | 02:53 |
| pwnguin | i think it comes down to an xorg.conf issue | 02:54 |
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