hmmm. i added the defaultdepth line and the modes- now startx defaults to 16 bpp (woo hoo!) but still no 800x600. i'll spare you the entire log file but it does say
>(II) CHIPS(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name) where it did not before, so i presume it's trying to use 800x600 but i'm not phrasing it right somehow. there's a whole bunch of these >(II) CHIPS(0): Not using default mode "blahxblah" (insufficient >memory for mode) in the log file, so maybe i don't have enough memory after all. although i vaguely remember seeing 800x600 reso when i turned it on for the first time- it came preinstalled with windows 95 which i gleefully wiped the first chance i got. point being, it is capable of higher than 640x480 unless i was hallucinating. or on crack. both of which are possible i suppose. oh. and sorry for not saying so before, but it is an LCD i'm using here. sorry if that caused any confusion. thanks paul >You did not give much information about your monitor to the poor >config program, it may be >assuming the lowest common denominator... >additionally I would add a mode line to the display subsection in >the screen section for instance: >Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 16 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "800x600" "640x480" # just in case... > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "800x600" # if you cannot get better > EndSubSection >EndSection >Basically if you screen is not an LCD 800x600 your card should allow >you to got up to depth 16 >1024x768... >Lionel >--- paul yoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> so i was having problems getting x to work properly in v4.1x but i >> just tried installing 4.2.0 and everything seems to have sorted >> itself out. i'm pretty excited, let me tell you. especially having >> spent weeks trying to get the previous version to work to no avail... >> >> anyway. from what i can tell, my monitor/chipset combo supports >> 800x600 but it's defaulting to 640x408 so fonts, icons, etc look >> chunky under kde. here's my info: >> >> toshiba tecra 510cdt P133 >> chips and technologies ct65550 - 2MBVRAM - 12.1" TFT > > slackware 8.0, kernel 2.2.19 >> -- ------------ paul yoon, toothfish industries http://www.tfisf.com _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
