On Friday 29 April 2005 08:42, Arindam Basu wrote: > Hi All: > > I recently got an Aamar PC (celeron 2.0 gigs, 256 MB > RAM) that came preloaded with Windows XP. I tried to > install PCQLinux2005 (based on Fedora Core 3, kernel: > 2.6.10) in another partition. Installation went > without a hitch. During post-installation > configuration, where it asked for screen resolution, > it showed the video card as 505, and it had 845 > chipset. The default resolution was 800*600. When I > reset the screen resoultion to "1024*768" with > "millions of colors", x-server failed to fire up. The > only resolution at which I could fire x server was > "800*600" with "thousands of colors". > > This seems to occur only with the Linux. Windows on > the other partition boots/works just fine. Has anyone > else faced a similar problem? What could be a > solution?
Apparently, your card is being improperly detected if it is built-in. There are a few automatic tools for x-configuration. Edit your x-configuration file manually. There is a x-org bug in FC3... check up A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
