Hmm, that food looks tasty, but I've had my share and I have to say it doesn't taste very good. :) That's one of the tricks I tried down my lengthy road of re-installations. I swear I must have tried all combinations that I could, with either XFree server version, and nothing worked for me, personally. I also even tried 'drivers' for different adapters, thinking I could fool it! But in return, I was the one to get fooled... Anyway, that's -my- response. Others may (and hopefully will!) vary...
-Law 11/18/2002 10:18:12 AM, "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This is food for thought instead of a potential answer... > >The last few days, I have been struggling to get some old video cards and >monitors to properly display X in RedHat 8.0, Mandrake 8.2 and 9.0. The >difficulties have come about in both video drivers and version of the >XFree86 server used. When I am able to choose the 3.3.6 in Mandrake 8.2, I >have the best chance of success, though not with all cards I am using and/or >monitors. RedHat 8.0 does not come with the option of downgrading to the >older server. I am sure I could remedy that on-line, but not at this point >of my 'newbiness'. > >My thoughts are this: > >The older the X-server version I use, the better my success working with >older video cards (also interpret as cards with under 8 MB RAM and >especially of the S3 chipset variation) as well as older monitors (also to >be interpreted as monitors <or LCD's?> that are not capable of >high-frequency output under high color depth, or not at all.) I just wonder >if laptop LCDs, especially if a few years old or more, would run better with >an older server version? In my case, if I reverted back to installing Turbo >Linux 3.0.3 (~ circa 1998), I get excellent video/monitor control from a >default installation on each and every one of these older cards and monitor >combinations. > >I did a little reading at www.xfree86.org and learned that while there is a >desire to make newer servers backward compatible to older video hardware, >the porting takes time and is not guaranteed to happen for all. The fact >that Mandrake gives you the choice of 3.3.6 over 4.2.2 emphasizes its >importance to some, and in my case, made 8.2 work where even 9.0 wouldn't. > >Like I said...no answers for you. Just more questions for you to ponder as >you try to figure it out. If you haven't tried using XFree86 3.3.6 on your >laptop, this might be your solution. However, if you haven't and wish to do >so without reinstalling, I am afraid you will have to ask others here to >help you. I am still not at that stage in the game to help you change over. >:-) > >T > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Flux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:07 AM >Subject: Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen > > >Hi there. I was having the same problem on a Compaq EVO N150 except the >screen was shifted a few pixels to the >right instead of up. In any case, since you're using a laptop, xvidtune >won't do squat for you, and any re- >alignment in Windows won't help at all either, due to the fact that they >aren't using the same drivers or >whatever. So far, after reinstalling Mandrake/RedHat several times over and >over, all I can say is that there >appears no way to actually fix it, because its a laptop screen. (I really >hope someone can contend this, but I >doubt it) > >I'll tell you what, though. I had this problem when I first installed >RedHat 7.3. Then, after wanting to try >other things, I installed Mandrake 9.0 over top of RH. Well, guess what? >The problem went away and the screen >was perfectly aligned. However, then I reinstalled Mandrake due to my own >stupidity, and then problem was back. >And it wouldn't leave, as I mentioned above. My $0.02. > >-Law > >11/16/2002 4:49:54 PM, Peter Spotts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Folks, >> >>I have a slight (and only slightly annoying) problem with Mandrake 8.1 >>on a new Toshiba laptop (1905-303). My desktop, be it Ximian Gnome or >>Fluxbox, appears to be raised off the bottom of the screen by about four >>to six pixels. The side-to-side alignment seems OK. I have the laptop >>set up as a dual-boot machine with Windows XP on the other side of the >>no-byte zone. The problem doesn't exist on that side of the divide. I >>also made sure I selected the appropriate driver when I installed MDK8.1 >>(ATI Radeon). Any thoughts as to how I can get an exact fit of desktop >>to screen? >>-- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Peter N. Spotts >>Science and technology correspondent | The Christian Science Monitor >> One Norway Street, Boston, MA USA 02115 >> Office: 1-617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 1-508-520-3139 >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.csmonitor.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > >
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