'nuther newbie with a driver question....

[Steven]

Ok, I've got a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop

Video: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV (NM2200) with 256-bit data bus width...

Ubuntu will only see it as capable of 640x768, but it will supports up to
1024x768 w/ 16.7 million colors

Audio: Yamaha 3D sound effect enabled OPL-3SA3, but it supports SoundBlaster
Pro v.3.03

Ubuntu says it's not there.


So, what do the smart people say I can do about this?

[Michael B. Trausch]

Steven wrote in <LFRag.5926$343.194@trnddc06> on Wed May 17 2006 23:15:

>
> Ok, I've got a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop
>
> Video: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV (NM2200) with 256-bit data bus width...
>
> Ubuntu will only see it as capable of 640x768, but it will supports up to
> 1024x768 w/ 16.7 million colors
>
> Audio: Yamaha 3D sound effect enabled OPL-3SA3, but it supports
> SoundBlaster Pro v.3.03
>
> Ubuntu says it's not there.
>
> So, what do the smart people say I can do about this?
>

Alright -- well, as far as sound goes, I'm not an expert on ALSA or anything
like that, so I'll put that off to look at in a few minutes. However, as
far as the video goes, I've found that the Ubuntu family of systems have a
much better detection mechanism then the other distributions that I've
tried in the past -- though it does sometimes need a little bit of
prodding.

Now, I know that I've seen people that have had tons of problems with the
NeoMagic before. I did find some information on the driver from Google --
though it looks like what you're using is actually called a MagicGraph
256AV -- model NM2200.

Anyway, try doing things the "Ubuntu" way first:

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

You'll run through a few screens -- fill in as much information as you know
about your setup. Since this is a laptop, and you know that you can only
go up to 1024x768, the "easy" option for putting in your monitor type
should be sufficient.

If that doesn't get things working, you may want to see if you can find
anything helpful on the man page for the driver:

[url]http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man4/neomagic.4.html[/url]

That contains some driver-specific options. Ubuntu should be detecting your
card using the "neomagic" driver, which is the one that handles your board.

Now, for the sound -- do you see any messages that indicate that it finds
anything at boot up? Try:

$ dmesg | grep '[aA][lL][sS][aA]'

And see what that yields. Failing that, is there anything
under /proc/asound? If there is, see what you might be able to find out.
I know that on one system, ALSA was finding four hardware sound devices in
a system in some rather unusual places, and the sound board that I was
expecting to get sound out of certainly wasn't the one that ALSA picked for
me as the first one, so I had to try to find a way to make it the first
device. When you know more about your situation, I may be able to help you
slightly more -- or maybe somebody who's better with ALSA will be able to
help.

HTH,
Mike

[Conor]

In article <LFRag.5926$343.194@trnddc06>, Steven says...

> Ok, I've got a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop
>
> Video: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV (NM2200) with 256-bit data bus width...
>
> Ubuntu will only see it as capable of 640x768, but it will supports up to
> 1024x768 w/ 16.7 million colors
>

Edit the xorg.conf file and set the graphics driver as "vesa" or "fb"
but performance will be limited.
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--
Conor,

Same shit, different day.