This is smelling like a frame buffering issue. When I was running the 3.x XFree I had this same issue with my Dell Inspirion. I actually had to go in and fix it in the source myself. I found out later someone else had already done that. So maybe someone has done this for your latop? Do a google for it... (or hotbot seems to do well with Linux queries)
- matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:53 PM Subject: Re: Graphics Display badly configured in RedHat 7.2 --help-- :( > I may have found the problem. I was running XFree86-3.6.6 which said my SiS > 630 graphics card isn't supported. Now my trouble lies with upgrading to > 4.1.0 which says the SiS630 may be supported with possible errors. hmmmm, > I'll give it a try. > (See 'Upgrading from XFree86 3.3.6 to 4.1.0) > > Adam B. > > >Forrest, > > > > This is a laptop display... will the generic monitor setting still work > (or at least not damage my screen? > > > >Here's all my documentation says: > > > > LCD > > -Display Panel 14.1-inch XGA active-matrix display > > supported resolution 1024x768 > > with up to 16M colors. > > GRAPHICS > > -Graphic SiS 630 with integrated AGP bus 2D/3D > > Controller graphics accelerator. > > > >Nothing about Hor-sync or Vert-sync... > >What should I do? > > > >Adam B. > > >------------------- > >>Try setting your monitor to something better than the 1024x768 generic. > >> I usually leave it as the generic unprobed monitor, and that usually > >>works for me. Does your documentation say anthing about the monitor > >>specs, i.e., the Hsync and Vsync? If so, you can input those using > >>Xconfigurator. > >> > >>Forrest > > >------------------- > >>Adam Becker wrote: > >>> The Problem: When I start Xwindows, the screen doesn't fit on my screen :) > >>> In other words, I am unable to see an entire maximized window. > >>> > >>> The Medium: I've installed RedHat 7.2 onto my Ashton Digital Maximate 420 > >>> Laptop. It dual-boots with Windows 98 which displays perfectly. It's a > >>> Pentium III 850Mhz, 22GB, 256MB RAM, with a "14.1-inch XGA active-matrix > >>> TFT display supported resolution 1024x768 with up to 16M colors" LCD > >>> Display. The Graphic controller is a SiS 630. > >>> > >>> Some failed solutions: > >>> I've booted to the shell and ran Xconfigurator and tried millions if not > >>> billions of the trillions of graphics configurations. Here's a run-through > >>> of one of my tests: I ran Xconfigurator and it promptly recognized my > >>> SiS630. I chose "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1024x768" with 64MB (like > the > >>> specs in my documentation say). I chose "No Clockchip Setting" and then 16 > >>> bits 1024x768 and tested X. I could see the screen, however I could only > >>> see the top-left corner of what should be seen (I could only see "Can you > >>> see this messa--" where "message" was cut off by the right side of the > >>> screen). > >>> I then tried xf86cfg from the shell which started a weird half-second > >>> flickering of the screen. I was forced to CTR-ALT-BACKSPACE back to the > shell. > >>> The closest I could come to a 'useable' (not hardly) display was by > >>> setting the resolution to 600x800 which allowed my to see about 90% of the > >>> screen. With this setting I could browse the web and everything, but the > >>> search field in Yahoo took up most of the screen. Not acceptable. > >>> > >>> Any suggestions? (I am a total newbie at Linux and have been simply > >>> following suggestions from my "RedHat Linux 7.2 Bible" compliments of > >>> Barnes & Noble) > >>> > >>> Adam B. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
