Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: > On Tuesday 20 August 2002 09:29 pm, Mike Labriola wrote: > | > | so, anyone have any idea whether this is a video card driver problem with > | x? or an lcd compatibility problem with x? or just an XF86Config problem? > | (starting to doubt that last one...) > > I fear that I can't answer this question . . . > > | ps - as an odd side note, when i attempted to install redhat 7.3 on the > | laptop, the graphical install worked fine (doesn't that use an x-server?) > | and it even succeeded in testing the video settings... but when i started > | up x after installing, it did the same thing. but still, why would > | redhat's graphical install and x test thing work during the install? > > But I can answer this one. > > It uses a VGA X server. *That* uses a compatibility mode that is present in > all graphics chips and it works everywhere. But it limits the display to > 640x480 (or maybe 800x600). You could actually use this driver in the > meantime to use it as a laptop, but I don't think you'd be satisfied running > such a low resolution on your new laptop either. And frankly X (at least > with most window managers) is really pretty painfaul--certainly less > well-adapted than Microsoft Windows--at anything less than 1024x768. > > Still it might be a feasible workaround in the meantime. > >
i had suspected that... but here's the trully odd part. the 'test config' thing that tests your x configuration successfully loads up a 1400x1050 screen (looks like an old screenshot of gnome 1.2) during the install. this of course leads to an almost viable solution question: can the vga server be made to run at 1400x1050? and if not, how the hell is redhat pulling this off? (and as a side note, isn't that a pretty unreliable way of testing the x config...?) -mike -- -------------------------------------------------- | Michael D. Labriola | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | Admiralty Drive West Apt F4 | | Middletown, RI 02842 | | (401)846-4085 | -------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
