> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:40 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [expert] Mandrake on laptop
>
>
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Schiavon, Jose wrote:
> >
> > Also, during the installation of X, the configuration does
> not allow me to
> > select other resolution different to 640x480. To fix this I have the
> > following in my XF86Config (note the DefaultColorDepth and
> Modes entries):
> >
> >
>
> I don't know where XConfigurator gets its information from
> for "LCD Panel", but
> it seems to me to be quite badly broken. I've always had
> better luck setting up
> X on a laptop by selecting one of the "generic" SVGA
> monitors, i.e. something
> like "Monitor that can do 800x600 @ 60Hz".
Interesting - my experiences have been just the opposite (currently
running 1024x768 @ 32 bits). I found that if I used XF86Setup and selected
a monitor it would work sometimes and not others. I also had a great deal
of difficulty switching between internal and external displays - I could do
it alright, but when I switched back to internal I always lost sync (got a
"doubled" screen - nice). Up until XFree 3.3.6 I also ran the generic SVGA
server (over the prescribed Mach64) because it performed much better. On
3.3.6 I do run the Mach64 server, but you still need to specify "sw_cursor"
to keep your mouse pointer from disappearing when the screen suspends....
ugh.
>
> As far as PCMCIA support is concerned, I gave away all my
> Redhat CD's and went
> over to Mandrake after a number of abortive attempts to
> either upgrade to or
> install RH6.1 on my laptop - the RH support team told me that
> I would have to
> stick with 6.0, as my PCMCIA controller was not compatible with 6.1.
Here again, I've had the best results, regardless of distribution,
by compiling my own PCMCIA support independent of the OS install. YMMV
FWIW - I still $h!tcanned RH6.1 in favor of Mandrake after only a
day..... I _really_ like Oxygen (7.0b3), but it's really bloated (out of the
box).
Don
