On Wed, April 5, 2006 5:20 am, Francois MICHONNEAU wrote: > I am a very new user of Linux (I set up it this week-end) and I am > struggling to configure the display of my laptop. Actually, the > native resolution of my screen is 1400x1050, but when I choose it in > "resizing and rotation of the screen" (in KDE 3.3) a lot of strange > things occurs (the cursor of my mouse is shadowed by a black square, > the desktop is continuous -i.e. the right edge of the windows appears > on the left edge of the desktop-, there is a black line on the bottom > of the desktop, etc...). My video card is an ATI Mobility Radeon > 7500, so in "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" I chose the ati > driver. However, I read that the radeon driver is often more > appropriate but it does not appear in the list of the available > drivers. Could someone indicate me what to do or to read in order to > find the way to solve my problem?
The X config file is just a text file (/etc/X11/XF86Config). Open it in your favourite text editor and change the video driver from "ati" to "radeon". As simple as that. ---- Freddie Cash, LPCI-1 CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
