Re: [TCLUG:14887] [Fwd: xwindows/xga monitor]

[Erick Stohr <visuale@frontiernet.net>]

it finds the correct video card, which amazes me, ATI Mobility MI 2x AGP and LCD flat
panel is the best display i have seen yet, but still no luck with finding one that
works. I have called compaq and, of course, they do not know the video chipset, but they
did tell me the display is TST XGA (and i don't know what that means). My question is
that is it my graphics card that is wrong somehow, or is it the display. I get a "snowy"
picture with choppy lines under/before the GUI interface that comes up with the blue
background. Thanks for the help.

Dave Sherman wrote:

> Erick,
>
> On my ThinkPad (with an entirely different video chipset), I specified the
> monitor type as "LCD Flat Panel", or something to that effect -- but I noticed
> that this option did not appear in the RedHat installer until version 6.x. When
> I tried initially installing RH 5.2, there was no such monitor listing, and I
> was unable to get X to work at all, until I upgraded to RH 6.1. Also, IIRC, I
> had to specify the monitor type manually, since RH did not autodetect the type I
> had. Now, X runs beautifully at 1024 * 768, 16 bpp, on my 14.1 inch display :-)
>
> Check the Linux on Laptops website, at
> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ for further information.
>
> Dave Sherman
>
> Erick Stohr wrote:
> >
> >   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: xwindows/xga monitor
> > Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:02:25 -0600
> > From: Erick Stohr <visuale@frontiernet.net>
> > To: tclug@mn-linux.org
> >
> > I have a Compaq 1800 notebook (brand new) and it has, I believe this is
> > what it is called, an XGA monitor (very thin, tv like). Graphics card is
> > an ATI RAGE PRO AGP 8mb. Doing a Redhat install, I cannot get X windows
> > on the notebook, it comes up all screwy in all types of "custom"
> > monitors. Does anyone have a expiernce with XGA monitors and linux. or
> > have any ideas on what I can try? Or is it my graphics card it is not
> > likeing? Thanks.
> >
> > Erick
> >
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