On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Marc Aurele La France wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
>
> > > I recently installed Red Hat 7.3 on my Vaio notepad. Everything works
> > > except for the display, which has the following strange behaviour. If I do
> > > startx then I do not get a functioning display and I have tried lots of
> > > different settings in Xconfig - none work when I probe.
> > > HOWEVER, if I do startx with my laptop
> > > plugged into an external monitor AND THEN switch back to the laptop's
> > > display then I get a full, high-resolution picture and everything is fine
> > > from then on! (But I don't really want to walk round with a 19" CRT
> > > monitor).
>
> > It looks like X fails to setup video mode correctly. When you use hotkey
> > you actually have BIOS switching modes and it should do this task
> > correctly.
>
> > What does /var/log/XFree86.0.log say ?
>
> You might also want to try Option "NoCompositeSync" in your XF86Config's
> device section.
>
Would this have any effect with an LCD panel ? He is having problems when
external monitor is not connected.
Vladimir Dergachev
> Marc.
>
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