On Monday 22 September 2003 03:14 pm, John Pavlicek wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 23:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I recently was given an off brand laptop on which I installed > > Gentoo linux. The OS runs great save one problem; I cannot run > > resolution levels above 640x480. The card is an SiS 315 with > > 16MB of RAM and supported by both XFree86 4.3.0 and the kernel > > (support has been compiled in). Both Knoppix and the Gentoo > > install CD are able to correctly run at max resulotion (1024x786 > > w/ 24-bit color) but my base install cannot. How can I fix this? > > I had a similar problem. What it took to correct it for me was to > go into XF86Config and change the frequencies for the display to > the correct ones. After that, it took care of itself. The best > place to find this for me was using Google. > > Oh yeah, look for where the resolutions are listed and it will > default to the first fequency listed. > > -Pav > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Another possible solution is to boot up knoppix and CHEAT Just copy the XF86Config that knoppix generates either into chrooted Gentoo or to a floppy. I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard of others doing it -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
