Damian G wrote: >On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 13:11:25 +0200 >"l.biagiotti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Thanks for the ad Franki, but unfortunately the first thing I tried was the >>test you're suggesting so: >>800x600 - 256 does not work (or does weird things), while changing some >>settings in the "server options" (under "expert mode") such as "linear" - >>"Fifo conservative" etc. did the trick but Mandrake won't keep these >>settings. >>Finally: >>What I'm talking about here is not just the fact that I can't get any res >>higher than 640x480, but also that THIS res. is acting wildly. My desktop >>goes OUT of the screen area, and so do any window that I open ... so I'm >>pretty sure that this is not a problem related to the video card but rather >>some strange driver-related (?) problem ... or isn't it? >> > >yes, i've seen this happening on a 2MB Trident video card, too. i tried >to switch it to 1024x768 (which was the res it could do in windows, so i knew >it was possible) and it worked ok.. until the next time the X server started. >then the effect was like when the actual resolution is set at 800x600 but >you are 'zoomed in' with Ctrl+Alt+"+" ... the desktop size exceeds the screen >and you can 'scroll' it by taking the mouse pointer to the edges... > >Unfortunately, this seems to be a bug of the Xserver. i've seen no way >of fixing this.. so yes, i would recommend you to but another card >(i've had computers working great under Mandrake 7.1 with video >cards of 4MB) > Try editing the XFree86 configuration file by hand.
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