I did have a similar problem with an AST Ascentia...  The way I 
resolved it was to set the BIOS to use only the LCD by default...

Hope it helps.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 12/8/98, 10:33:41 PM, "Jeff Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote 
regarding Thinkpad 560 Linux again:


> Dear Experts.

> About one month ago, I posted a message about Linux screen resolution
> problem on my Thinkpad 560, that is only 640x480 available, then I got 
a lot
> of help. Here I would like to say thanks to Jont B. Allen, Dean 
Gaudet,
> Balazs Nagy and Jean Francois Monin. Now I can use 800x600 resolution, 
only
> with a small problem, but I would like to come here again to see if 
some one
> can help me again.

> My new problem is that each time when I start X-Windows, I get four
> duplicated narrow screens, they are showing from left to right of my 
LCD,
> but after I use "Fn+F7" to switch external monitor, I get a nice Full 
size
> screen on my LCD. So, I can use X-Window with 800x600 function.

> I just want to know if some one else have had the same problem as me 
and if
> any one can tell me a way to fix this small problem. My Laptop is 
Thinkpad
> 560 (not E or X), model No. is 2640-20U with Pentium 133 CPU, Trident 
Cyber
> 9382 Video Card, BIOS date is 18-Mar-1998.

> Thanks again for everybody.

> Best regards,
> Jeff Liu


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