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  From: Darryl Ross <dross@syc.asn.au>
  To  : Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 10:17:05 +1030

Re: XFree86 Setup on Laptop - Help Required

Speaking of an NEC Versa,

Does anyone know what the `vga=` line would be to use under 2.4.0 to get console mode working in a higher than standard resolution? Under the default kernal with Mandrake 7.2 (2.2.18?) I had it running at (what the website said was) 1024x768x32bit colours. Since I've upgraded to 2.4.0 if I try to put that mode in, it just gives a blank screen. If I get it to scan for a mode, the screen flickers a few times, and then goes green, flickers a few more times, and then stays green and I have to reboot. Anyone know what mode I should be using?

The chipset is a Savage/MX/IX (rev 17), with 8Mb RAM.

TIA
Darryl

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 09:51:14AM +1030, Andrew Reid wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got X running on my laptop (an NEC Versa) fine.
> 
> I had similar `problems' which I found to be the screen res.
> 
> If the LCD settings in the bios are set to stretch, it widens the pixels
> or something and makes it look blury.
> 
> The way I got around this is to run the screen at the maximum resolution
> that it supported (in my case, 1024x768).
> 
> You can do this using xf86config.
> 
> > without issuses. X starts but the screen is all blotchy and washed out
> > looks crap.
> > There is no real picture at all, its all garbled and looks like its in the
> > wrong color resolution as every other pixel looks somwhat visable. When I
> > examine the error.log file from `startx 2> error.log` everything looks like
> > it has started ok and that video card features have been detected.
>  
> 
> Regards,
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