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

[Erick Stohr <visuale@frontiernet.net>]

well, i have decided to try the last version of Caldera 2.2 and it seems to be working
great, graphically everything, while installing, looks great, hmmmmmm......I have no idea
why.

Erick Stohr wrote:

> 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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