On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Piyush Patnaik wrote:
> Yep! the res in my XF86Config is--modes="default"--. I did not find fbset though! The
> monitor size is 800x600 but supports 1024x768....Actually I'm running linux on
> OmniBook XE - Laptop. How can I use fbset to solve this problem?
it's on the cdrom, fbset -x insert the output into your monitor subsection
with all the other modes in XF86Config.
Then in the screen section for the fbdev
Modes "640x480-60" #or what ever the Mode "tag" was from fbset
> Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Piyush Patnaik wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks John,
> >
> > Yep good catch i had to re-read :)
> >
> > > I rectified the kernel.....but its only working in the text mode. X doesn't
> > > start properly, I mean the display is not working properly....I can only see a
> > > few streeks of X with many tiny copies of it on the top of my display. Can you
> > > tell me where might the problem be? I start linux with vga mode 788 in lilo.conf
> > > and it displays text fine....but its not running X.!
> >
> > 788? either my conversion skills are failing me, or bloody wow how big is
> > your monitor 8-). Could be a virtual res problem (hopefully), or a sync
> > problem (ew). You have set the XF86Config obviously, did you set the res
> > as the fbset -x, or as "default"?
> >
> > > The reason I'm opting for a framebuffer is because XFree86 doesnot support my
> > > video card - Silicon Motion LynxE.
> > >
>
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