Display/resolution problems

2005-06-01 Thread Trevor Pankonien
I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 notebook, which comes with the ATI

Re: Display/resolution problems

2005-06-01 Thread Tony Godshall
According to Trevor Pankonien, I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26

Re: Display/resolution problems

2005-06-01 Thread Trevor Pankonien
Thanks for all the help so far. I will give these ideas a try as soon as sarge is done reinstalling :) Otherwise, could it be that ubuntu uses Xorg and debian is not? if this is the case, what steps would i have to take to get xorg into debian Thanks Trevor On 6/1/05, Tony Godshall [EMAIL

Re: Display/resolution problems

2005-06-01 Thread Trevor Pankonien
Got it working after the reinstall and amazing how easy it was! just had to add the 1024x768 BEFORE the other two options. I had tried a similar approach but put it after the otehr two...lesson learned! thanks for the help everyone! On 6/1/05, Trevor Pankonien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for

Re: Display/resolution problems

2005-06-01 Thread Tony Godshall
Indeed. As says 'man XF86Config-4' says, The first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for startup. Personally, with laptops, I give it no choice- just the native rez, since anything else looks crappy / is a waste. According to Trevor Pankonien, Got it working after the