[wplug] Resolution on Gateway 400VTX laptop

[Jonathan S Billings]

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 13:03, Bryan Mack wrote:
> Attached are my XFree86 configuration file, as well as the log file. 
> Not sure what to look for in the log file, but my configuration file has
> the "1024x768" mode for my color depth.

It looks like there is an appropriate entry for the Modes in the
"Screen" section, but I would remove the "Modes" section, I suspect that
it is causing the laptop to fail.  

> On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 12:49, Jonathan S Billings wrote:
> > Could you attach your /etc/X11/XF86Config file?  That would make
> > debugging much easier.
> > 
> > First thing I'd check is to make sure that there is a line in your
> > "Screen" section that lists a "1024x768" mode for the default depth. 
> > Then I'd look in /var/log/XFree86.0.log to see what kind of errors it
> > might have recieved when trying to find the appropriate modes for your
> > screen.  There's a lot of information in that log file, but you should
> > be able to find where it determines the modes, right after the module
> > for the graphics hardware is loaded.
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 12:28, Bryan Mack wrote:
> > > Hey all, I have just recently installed Redhat 9 on my Gateway 400VTX
> > > laptop. I cant seem to get the display to use a resolution of 1024x768
> > > as I should be able to.  I have the display set to Generic Laptop
> > > Display 1024x768 and the resolution set to that as well, but it still
> > > only displays at 800x600. I have tried different displays and settings
> > > but nothing seems to work.  Does anyone have any suggestions for this?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bryan
> > > 
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