Try adding:
Option "CrtcNumber" "1"
It's using CRTC zero and that's probably not correct for that laptop.
You should be able to get it to work in XFree86 4.3, it just might
take some Options like above. It should autodetect much better in
XFree86 from CVS.
Mark.
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
> Hey Mark,
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> I added the Option "FlatPanel" item to my XF86Config-4 file, because it had in fact
> been missing.
>
> When I restarted X, I saw no improvement. In fact, I got something a little worse:
> In my text-mode consolse now (i.e., ctrl+alt+F1), the last row of text runs off the
> bottom of the display a little.
>
> Anyway, I've attaced my log file and XF86Config-4 file, if you're interested in
> taking a look.
>
> Thanks again for all the help - I really appreciate it.
>
> - Christian
>
>
> >
> > From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: 2003/07/12 Sat PM 10:54:31 EDT
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [XFree86] semi-newbie: nVidia Go5200 FX trouble on Toshiba laptop
> >
> > The "vesa" driver is limited to whatever modes the bios
> > supports. I'd like to see the /var/log/XFree86.0.log from
> > a run with the "nv" driver that comes up with a black screen.
> >
> > Relevant options for that driver would be:
> >
> > Option "FlatPanel"
> >
> > in case it didn't autodetect that. And maybe
> >
> > Option "CrtcNumber" "0"
> >
> > I think it defaults to CrtcNumber 1 on the laptops which was supposed
> > to be correct as far as I know, but maybe this one is different.
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> > On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the advice.
> > >
> > > When I try the "nv" driver, X doesn't come up at all. Well, it may come
> > > up, but I get a totally black screen.
> > >
> > > At least with "vesa", I can get further, to the situation where the only
> > > problem is that the bottom of the screen runs off my display.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions? (I'd like to RTFM on this, but to be honest I can't
> > > find good documentation regarding this kind of problem.)
> > >
> > > BTW, is there some terminology I should be using to describe my
> > > particular problem? (The problem that X is placing a few inches of my
> > > desktop below the bottom edge of my display.)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Christian
> > >
> > > Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > > > You'll want to use XFree86 4.3 and the "nv" driver that comes
> > > > with it.
> > > >
> > > > Mark.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Hi guys,
> > > >>
> > > >>I'm having some trouble getting screen resolutions working right, and
> > > >>would appreciate *any* pointers.
> > > >>
> > > >>I just bought a new Toshiba P25, with a gorgeous 17" screen that's
> > > >>native at 1400 x 1050. It comes with at GeForce 5200 FX chip and 32 MB
> > > >>of video memory.
> > > >>
> > > >>When I installed Mandrake 9.1, I chose a screen resolution of 1400 x
> > > >>1050, and to use the "vesa" driver.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>When I actually got the laptop into X however, I get a funky problem:
> > > >>The virtual size of the screen appears to be a little taller than what's
> > > >>actually displayed. That is, in KDE, the taskbar that's on the bottom
> > > >>doesn't appear, but I can move the cursor a little south of the bottom
> > > >>of the screen and interact with that tasklbar.
> > > >>
> > > >>I see some lines in /var/log/XFree86.0.log that are worrying, but I
> > > >>don't know what to do with them:
> > > >>
> > > >>...
> > > >>(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1400x1050" (no mode of this name)
> > > >>(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
> > > >>(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
> > > >>(--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280)
> > > >>...
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks tons,
> > > >>Christian
> > > >>
> > > >>
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