From: "Dennis Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Gateway Solo 9300 XL LCD screen > > Jose wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to install linux mandrake under a Gateway solo 9300 XL. I > > seem to > > be able to handle everything but the settings for X to start properly. > > After > > the installation, trying to boot X makes the LCD panel go nuts. > > > > When setting the monitor type there is no option for a 1280x1024 LCD > > monitor > > and the graphic card that it selects is Mach64. This laptop has an ATI > > Rage > > card. Any suggestions as for what graphic card and monitor should I > > choose? > > > > Jose > Jose, you might try the ATI Rage IIC graphics card, it works out of the > box on both 7.1 and 7.0 you should have something in the manual for > your computer monitor that shows the ranges of horizontal and vertical > sync for a given resolution. Pick a resolution and the syncs to go with > it at least one step down from where you are at and see how that works > by oking the test settings. > -- > Dennis M. a registered Linux User #180842 How do you change the settings for X under the command line? I have no clue. I have been looking in all the available folders but did not find a single reference to X. I also tried to write xconf, Xconf, xconfigurator and so on to no avail.
