I was going to say that it could very well be a bios bug.
My now defunt IBM560 worked fine. The only difference here
is the version of X windows drivers and the BIOS version,
As Jeff is using my version of XF86Config.
Jont
Stephen Jones wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Star
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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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