yes, I also tried to make some changes in xorg.conf file, but
unsuccessfully. under section "screen" i had "800x600"
"640x480".
i deleted "640x480", but nothing! now if i look in the Display settings
i can read 800x600, but i actually see my screen with 640x480.
Beside this, in this laptop (acer tm212t) I also have win xp, in which i
perfectly see @ 800x600.
i really don't know how to solve this problem!
pietro
On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 19:27, fedora-list-request(a)redhat.com wrote:
From: hicham <hichamlinux(a)yahoo.fr>
did you try to make changes at
"/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
look at Section "Screen"
........
Modes "640x480"
change it to "800x600"
--- "Pietro R.A. Binetti" <binabin(a)libero.it> a crit
:
> Firstly I apologize for the wrong indication: I am
> stuck on 640x480
> resolution (not 800x600) and I want to have 800x600
> (not 1024x768).
> However
> the problem doesn't change so much: I am still
> stuck.
>
> Some of you suggested me to look at the video memory
> in my BIOS
> settings.
> Now there are 2 problems:
> 1. accessing my BIOS settings at the startup I can't
> see anywhere issues
> relating on video memory
> 2. I checked my system hardware and I discovered
> that my video card
> shares
> the memory with the RAM: it takes 8MB of 128MB. It
> does mean something,
> doesn't it?
>
> I also checked on the Acer webpage: there are no
> updates available for
> my
> BIOS.
>
> Regards,
> Pietro
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> > Pietro R.A. Binetti wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am a new user of Fedora core 2, and a newer of
> linux-like OS as
> > >
> > > well.
> > >
> > > 2 days ago I installed Fedora on my notebook:
> acer travel mate 212T.
> > >
> > > I already have some problems that I can't solve:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 1. Screen resolution
> > >
> > > I can't change the screen resolution: it is
> fixed on 800x600!
> > >
> > > During the OS installation i tried to select
> "generic LCD monitor" with
> > >
> > > different resolutions (as my monitor is not in
> the list). In all cases,
> > >
> > > once installed Fedora, I can't switch the
> resolution to the wanted
> > >
> > > 1024x768. I tried to do that changing the
> Display settings in the System
> > >
> > > Settings option panel. I select 1024x768 but I
> still see in 800x600
> > >
> > > resolution.
> > >
> > > What should I do?
> >
> >
> > Check to see if there is a later BIOS version for
> your machine. I had a
> > problem being stuck at 640 x 480 because of a
> buggy BIOS version.
> >
> > Also, check your BIOS setting for things that
> relate to video memory. If
> > I recall, some systems are set to pretty low
> settings for shared memory.
> > This will limit your resolution top setting. I
> believe that 1 meg would
> > limit you to 640 x 480.
> >
> > >
> > > 2. Touch pad
> > >
> > > My touch pad is working correctly, even if I
> have to touch the left
> > >
> > > button to press the left mouse button: pressing
> the pad with a "touch"
> > >
> > > it doesn't work. The "touch" isn't recognized,
> or something like that.
> > >
> > > Should I configure the touch pad somewhere else?
> >
> >
> > Check the archives for this information. You have
> to add
> > psmouse=proto.imps or similar to your grub.conf
> file. This changes the
> > order of events the kernel uses. (Info from an
> earlier post by another
> > lister)
> > I'm on a a machine that does not need this added
> to the kernel. My
> > memory recall might not be the correct context.
> Look for 2.6 kernel and
> > synaptics related posts in the list archives.
> > I couldn't find the postings myself. Your search
> might be more successful.
> >
> > The link to the archives is at the bottom of every
> posting. Click on the
> > link below or at the bottom of the message to
> search the archives.
> >
> >
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/
> >
> > This might lead you in the right direction to a
> resolution. (hopefully!)
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Pietro