[newbie] Gateway Solo 9300 and Xfree86

[Jose]

From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 2:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Gateway Solo 9300 XL LCD screen > > >  How do you change the settings for X under the command line? I have no clue. > >  I have been looking in all the available folders but did not find a single > >  reference to X.  I also tried to write xconf, Xconf, xconfigurator and so on > >  to no avail. > > Take a look at /usr/X11R6.  Xconfigurator (note the uppercase X) is a graphic > display which is why Paul (I think) suggested that you install a low-res X > using vanilla VGA drivers.  This will provide easy access to setup. Otherwise, > you're going to have to do some homework and start editing the control files in > the directories mentioned above.   A directory that might be overlooked is > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11. I've reinstalled the system at least 5 times already. I tried the smallest thing that could work, that is an LCD monitor of 640x480 with 256 colors and the chipset being the Rage Mobility P which is the one in the laptop. When I go to test the screen becomes white with lines crossing it and that's it. If I wait it does not go back to the previous setting so I can try another resolution. The only option is then to restart the computer, delete the partitions and start all over again. I did send a message to Gateway asking for the range of horizontal and vertical sync as suggested but no answer has come yet. In the manuals or the web there is no information about that detail. Anyone has any other suggestions I might try? Any links to more information? I think once I saw a page that had the ranges of sync for many monitors but I could not find that again. Is there any one out there with this laptop and a linux distribution with it? Or has any one a suggestion for posting on another newsgroup? I would like to post on alt.os.linux and alt.os.linux.mandrake, but the free server I'm connecting to does not allow me to post. Jose