On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 20:12 -0700, 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?
Of recent, I have been helping some people installing Fedora Core 3 on a
number of boxes, and here are my observations.
i. The video memory of the on board display adapter must be set at least
to 8MB for satisfactory performance. Set this from the BIOS.
ii. FC3 seems to have occasional problems with detecting the horizontal
and sync vertical refresh rate of the monitor. For a normal 15/14 inch
monitor, the generic value is
HorizSync 30-55
VertRefresh 50-120
Edit this value in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Thanks,
Sayamindu
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