I may have found the problem. I was running XFree86-3.6.6 which said my SiS 630 graphics card isn't supported. Now my trouble lies with upgrading to 4.1.0 which says the SiS630 may be supported with possible errors. hmmmm, I'll give it a try. (See 'Upgrading from XFree86 3.3.6 to 4.1.0)
Adam B. >Forrest, > > This is a laptop display... will the generic monitor setting still work (or at least not damage my screen? > >Here's all my documentation says: > > LCD > -Display Panel 14.1-inch XGA active-matrix display > supported resolution 1024x768 > with up to 16M colors. > GRAPHICS > -Graphic SiS 630 with integrated AGP bus 2D/3D > Controller graphics accelerator. > >Nothing about Hor-sync or Vert-sync... >What should I do? > >Adam B. >------------------- >>Try setting your monitor to something better than the 1024x768 generic. >> I usually leave it as the generic unprobed monitor, and that usually >>works for me. Does your documentation say anthing about the monitor >>specs, i.e., the Hsync and Vsync? If so, you can input those using >>Xconfigurator. >> >>Forrest >------------------- >>Adam Becker wrote: >>> The Problem: When I start Xwindows, the screen doesn't fit on my screen :) >>> In other words, I am unable to see an entire maximized window. >>> >>> The Medium: I've installed RedHat 7.2 onto my Ashton Digital Maximate 420 >>> Laptop. It dual-boots with Windows 98 which displays perfectly. It's a >>> Pentium III 850Mhz, 22GB, 256MB RAM, with a "14.1-inch XGA active-matrix >>> TFT display supported resolution 1024x768 with up to 16M colors" LCD >>> Display. The Graphic controller is a SiS 630. >>> >>> Some failed solutions: >>> I've booted to the shell and ran Xconfigurator and tried millions if not >>> billions of the trillions of graphics configurations. Here's a run-through >>> of one of my tests: I ran Xconfigurator and it promptly recognized my >>> SiS630. I chose "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1024x768" with 64MB (like the >>> specs in my documentation say). I chose "No Clockchip Setting" and then 16 >>> bits 1024x768 and tested X. I could see the screen, however I could only >>> see the top-left corner of what should be seen (I could only see "Can you >>> see this messa--" where "message" was cut off by the right side of the >>> screen). >>> I then tried xf86cfg from the shell which started a weird half-second >>> flickering of the screen. I was forced to CTR-ALT-BACKSPACE back to the shell. >>> The closest I could come to a 'useable' (not hardly) display was by >>> setting the resolution to 600x800 which allowed my to see about 90% of the >>> screen. With this setting I could browse the web and everything, but the >>> search field in Yahoo took up most of the screen. Not acceptable. >>> >>> Any suggestions? (I am a total newbie at Linux and have been simply >>> following suggestions from my "RedHat Linux 7.2 Bible" compliments of >>> Barnes & Noble) >>> >>> Adam B. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
