On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Christensen Tom wrote:
> Just upgraded my laptop from redhat 8 to redhat 9,
Why did you do that?
I just want to make a point here. If you have a working system and you
don't know there is something mission-critical on the new version, it is
foolish to upgrade - and especially so the first few weeks after a release.
This "biggest, latest, fastest, shiniest" thing is exactly what makes
commercial software suck so bad.
> now I can't get better than 800x600 resolution on my laptop
> whats the problem? Is this a known issue? Any known workaround?
XFree86 has tons of issues with Savage and has had them for a long time.
I suggest you look here:
Linkname: S3 Savage support on XFree86 4.x
URL: http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html
for information and the latest drivers. XFree86 4 was a tad on the
premature side and unfortunately packagers have hopped on it.
> it is a savage/IX chipset and both 8 and 9 recognize it fine in the install,
> but 9 will only let me select 800x600 and if I edit the XF86config file by
> hand and only give it the option of 1024x768, then X will not start.
> thanks for any help offered
> Tom
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