Shri Shrikumar said: > The first is that every second time I load linux up, it shrinks the screen > size to the center. I have a 15" screen but it only uses the center (maybe > 12" or something - looked like 640x480 or something). When I reboot, the > bios post screen is *also* this size and so is the grub screen.
check the bios ..most laptops have a "stretch screen" option. at least most that i have used. Haven't used a dell in years.(typing this on a thinkpad T20) > The second problem that I am having may or may not be related to the above > and is that once the xserve-xfree86 has been run, the consoles 1-6 dont > display properly anymore - there is serious flicker there. I wonder if > this might even damage the TFT. it's generally a bad idea to switch to a virtual terminal once X is loaded. some systems can handle it, many cannot. I've experienced this for many many years on many different versions of Xfree86. > instead of using dselect ? or tasksel, yes. you told it to install 1 package, and as you saw, X is many packages. I do the same thing and usually caught with the same problem(lacking fonts, lacking startx etc). nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
