[wplug] Resolution on Gateway 400VTX laptop

[Bryan Mack]

I removed the entire Modes section and restarted.  This didnt seem to
have any effect on the display, still 800x600 despite saying 1024x768.

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 15:43, Jonathan S Billings wrote:
> 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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