, 2001 05:37 AM
> >|To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >|Subject: screen blows up!
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> >|Okay, it's not that bad, it's only the screen size.
> >|I'm trying to save an old Compay 75 MHz Pentium for
> >|Linux box at work. Installed Potato, X ran fine.
November, 2001 05:37 AM
>|To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>|Subject: screen blows up!
>|
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>|Okay, it's not that bad, it's only the screen size.
>|I'm trying to save an old Compay 75 MHz Pentium for
>|Linux box at work. Installed Potato, X ran fine.
>|Upgraded
|-Original Message-
|From: Hans Fong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Sent: Wednesday, 14 November, 2001 05:37 AM
|To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
|Subject: screen blows up!
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|Okay, it's not that bad, it's only the screen size.
|I'm trying to save an old Compay 75 MHz Pentium
That doesn't work, because there aren't any strange
resolution lines in there. When I explicitly kill X I
get the following line that surprises me:
VGA(0): Built-in mode "Generic 320x200 default mode":
12.6 MHz (scaled from 25.2 MHz): 31.5 kHz, 70.2 Hz
(VScan)
Why is it scaling down to 12.6 MHz?
Hopefully your monitor can take 800x600. Do this: Go into the XF86Config fle.
(Make sure there is only ONE.) Search for 640. Delete EVERY line with it.
Delete all lower resolutions too, i.e. 320x240, and so forth. Set your
DefaultColorDepth to 16, I imagine a P-75 can handle that. (Prolly a fair
Okay, it's not that bad, it's only the screen size.
I'm trying to save an old Compay 75 MHz Pentium for
Linux box at work. Installed Potato, X ran fine.
Upgraded to Woody (testing), ran xf86config, X came
up, but only left-lower quarter of the screen. I wear
glasses already, so no need for a blown-
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