[newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion

2000-07-09 Thread Phil Bossaers
Hi all, I have just installed LM 7.1 on my AMD K6-2 500 MHz. I am having trouble with screen distortion, mostly on the left hand side of the screen. I have a generic Voodoo Banshee video card which the OS has had no trouble recognising. Do I need to reconfigure the monitor or video card in

Re: [newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion

2000-07-09 Thread Romanator
Hi Phil, What type of monitor and graphics card are you using? And, what is the resolution and amount of colors on your color palette? In the meantime, trying selecting a generic monitor and reduce your resolution to 800 X 600. Then, work your way up to a higher resolution. If you have a

Re: [newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion

2000-07-09 Thread toyswins
Mandrake 7.1 seems better than the 6.5 version I replaced, but had the identical problem with the display skewed left. I simply reset the monitor display and after about 60 seconds it "takes" and seems to be holding. I had to change resolution to 800X600. Using Amdek 815E monitor and Erazor