Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-23 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, Fedora core 2 is going to be a demand. Two things:: 1st, 256 meg of mem is the realistic minimum of memory for X/KDE etc. Fc2 will run on 160 or so megs, but it will have little rests every now and then. (what I found on FC2 test 3) disk space, the new full install is 6.5 gigs.

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-23 Thread David Upex
Are the any problems with dual boot, windows + FC2 I saw that there was a posting on /. about this today. Does anyone know anything about this? On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 11:16, Derek Smithies wrote: Hi, Fedora core 2 is going to be a demand. Two things:: 1st, 256 meg of mem is the realistic

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen - XConfig? Progress...

2004-05-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Saturday 22 May 2004 5:56 pm, Don Gould wrote: Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Videocard0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth 16 SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes1024x768 800x600 640x480

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen - XConfig? Progress...

2004-05-22 Thread Nick Rout
Don, there will be useful information in /var/log/XFree86.0.log On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 17:56, Don Gould wrote: Last night I got in to some late night googleing and turned up some info... see: http://www.oceanpark.com/notes/sony_vaio_pcg-z505js.html (search for heading: Day 2 ) I

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen - XConfig? Progress...

2004-05-22 Thread Don Gould
That much I knew to do before I even started with google. It just ignored it. Cheers Don On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 18:14, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Saturday 22 May 2004 5:56 pm, Don Gould wrote: Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Videocard0 Monitor

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen - XConfig? Progress...

2004-05-22 Thread Matthew Gregan
At 2004-05-22T175659+1200, Don Gould wrote: HorizSync31.5 - 37.9 You need to increase the maximum hsync. Try 48.5, or go find out exactly what your display supports. Cheers, -mjg -- Matthew Gregan |/ /|[EMAIL

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen - XConfig? Progress...

2004-05-22 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 20:31, Matthew Gregan wrote: At 2004-05-22T175659+1200, Don Gould wrote: HorizSync31.5 - 37.9 You need to increase the maximum hsync. Try 48.5, or go find out exactly what your display supports. Cheers, -mjg I concur, It is quite obvious from the log file

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen - XConfig? Progress...

2004-05-22 Thread Don Gould
Hi Nick, Thanks for your help (and others). I'll give the sync thing a go. As for finding information... I don't take your comments the wrong way, I guess I made my google search a bit spicific - I included the model number and got data for my machine that way. The reason I posted all the

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen - XConfig? Fixed! :)

2004-05-22 Thread Don Gould
Thank you to everyone who helped. I changed the hsync and vsync after looking at what was set on the first web site I found. I've also learnt more about the structure of the XConfig86 file thou I still don't understand all the dependencies and references in that file properly yet. Thanks for

Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Don Gould
As you can see I'm now posting from my Sony Laptop with RH9 installed. My first big issue is that my screen res seems to be 800*600. The install program only give me option for 640*480 or 800*600 The Windows Sony configuration program says I have 3mb of video ram. There was no option to set

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread dave
try ctl +alt and either the Minus key or the Plus key on the numeric pad. I fine i have to do this sometimes when i have done a reinstall in the past. My monitor is a 14¨ AOC int. and an´t supported by MS 98se / MDK / AOC. Monitor type is a CM-335 and have CM 320 or something else in both MDK

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Friday 21 May 2004 21:05, Don Gould wrote: I've installed KDE and have no idea what I should do to get the screen fixed. Where should I start? K - Settings - Peripherals - Display. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Don Gould
I've tried editing the values in XF86Config and changed the 'modes' line in the display subsection to include 1024x768 This didn't seem to have any impact. How do I even identify that this file is the one being used as the configuration? I also ran the display program in kde which shows me

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Don Gould
On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:14, dave wrote: try ctl +alt and either the Minus key or the Plus key on the numeric pad. I'm using a Sony PCG-Z505JE laptop. It doesn't have a numeric pad. I fine i have to do this sometimes when i have done a reinstall in the past. My monitor is a 14 AOC int.

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Don Gould
On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:35, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Friday 21 May 2004 21:05, Don Gould wrote: I've installed KDE and have no idea what I should do to get the screen fixed. Where should I start? K - Settings - Peripherals - Display. By 'K' I assume you mean the Red Hat that's

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Friday 21 May 2004 21:05, Don Gould wrote: Think about how quickly you want to help me fix this I'll be asking how I get windows 98 se running in a window next http://www.vmware.com/ http://www.netraverse.com/products/win4lin50/ -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread HHV
Hi Don, Welcome back! :-) RH9 is somewhat old. Twice replace with newer releases (FC1 and, as of this week, FC2). But that said, I'm posting from a RH9 machine right now... On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 10:44, Don Gould wrote: On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:35, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Friday 21 May

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:57, Don Gould wrote: Thanks, I haven't fixed the graphic problem yet. At present I'm looking at a very stretched screen which is very annoying. Is vmware gpl/free? www.vmware.com for licensing costs. Cheers Don On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:47, Christopher

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread dave
then try the minus button right of Zero (eg 890-+) and then + on a normal qwerty keyboard. dave On Fri, 21 May 2004 21:40, you wrote: On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:14, dave wrote: try ctl +alt and either the Minus key or the Plus key on the numeric pad. I'm using a Sony PCG-Z505JE laptop. It

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Don Gould
On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:57, HHV wrote: Welcome back! :-) Thank you. RH9 is somewhat old. Twice replace with newer releases (FC1 and, as of this week, FC2). But that said, I'm posting from a RH9 machine right now... And how much more deman is FC2 going to put on my hardware? Are the

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Don Gould
I tried that before I posted the last message. The Sony has an embedded keyboard with in the qwerty keyboard but I can't for the life of me figure out how to make that work either. I'm loving the filter options in this mail reader thou!!! :) Cheers Don On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 22:03, dave wrote:

Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread David Taylor
The Sony has an embedded keyboard with in the qwerty keyboard but I can't for the life of me figure out how to make that work either. Embedded meaning you press function and make the alternate silk-screened items work (num pad?)? That is a driver issue, and I very much doubt that Sony

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread Robert Fisher
On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 22:08, Don Gould wrote: And how much more deman is FC2 going to put on my hardware? If you are concerned about your hardware coping (and your resolution problems) and you obviously have a fresh installation, I would recommend ditching RedHat and installing Mandrake 10.

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen

2004-05-21 Thread InfoHelp
Don Gould wrote: On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:57, HHV wrote: RH9 is somewhat old. Twice replace with newer releases (FC1 and, as of this week, FC2). But that said, I'm posting from a RH9 machine right now... And how much more deman is FC2 going to put on my hardware? Check min'specs online at

Re: Problems with RH9 800*600 screen - XConfig? Progress...

2004-05-21 Thread Don Gould
Last night I got in to some late night googleing and turned up some info... see: http://www.oceanpark.com/notes/sony_vaio_pcg-z505js.html (search for heading: Day 2 ) I also looked at this link... http://larve.net/people/hugo/2000/07/linux-vaio#x and this link...