fedora-list Digest, Vol 6, Issue 348

Mon Aug 30 16:05:45 UTC 2004

Firstly I apologize for the wrong indication: I am stuck on 640x480
resolution (not 800x600) and I want to have 800x600 (not 1024x768).
However
the problem doesn't change so much: I am still stuck.

Some of you suggested me to look at the video memory in my BIOS
settings.
Now there are 2 problems:
1. accessing my BIOS settings at the startup I can't see anywhere issues
relating on video memory
2. I checked my system hardware and I discovered that my video card
shares
the memory with the RAM: it takes 8MB of 128MB. It does mean something,
doesn't it?

I also checked on the Acer webpage: there are no updates available for
my
BIOS.

Regards,
Pietro

-----Original Message-----

> Pietro R.A. Binetti wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am a new user of Fedora core 2, and a newer of linux-like OS as
> > 
> > well.
> > 
> > 2 days ago I installed Fedora on my notebook: acer travel mate 212T.
> > 
> > I already have some problems that I can't solve:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 1. Screen resolution
> > 
> > I can't change the screen resolution: it is fixed on 800x600!
> > 
> > During the OS installation i tried to select "generic LCD monitor" with
> > 
> > different resolutions (as my monitor is not in the list). In all cases,
> > 
> > once installed Fedora, I can't switch the resolution to the wanted
> > 
> > 1024x768. I tried to do that changing the Display settings in the System
> > 
> > Settings option panel. I select 1024x768 but I still see in 800x600
> > 
> > resolution.
> > 
> > What should I do?
> 
> 
> Check to see if there is a later BIOS version for your machine. I had a 
> problem being stuck at 640 x 480 because of a buggy BIOS version.
> 
> Also, check your BIOS setting for things that relate to video memory. If 
> I recall, some systems are set to pretty low settings for shared memory. 
> This will limit your resolution top setting. I believe that 1 meg would 
> limit you to 640 x 480.
> 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 2. Touch pad
> > 
> > My touch pad is working correctly, even if I have to touch the left
> > 
> > button to press the left mouse button: pressing the pad with a "touch"
> > 
> > it doesn't work. The "touch" isn't recognized, or something like that.
> > 
> > Should I configure the touch pad somewhere else?
> 
> 
> Check the archives for this information. You have to add 
> psmouse=proto.imps or similar to your grub.conf file. This changes the 
> order of events the kernel uses. (Info from an earlier post by another 
> lister)
>   I'm on a a machine that does not need this added to the kernel. My 
> memory recall might not be the correct context. Look for 2.6 kernel and 
> synaptics related posts in the list archives.
> I couldn't find the postings myself. Your search might be more successful.
> 
> The link to the archives is at the bottom of every posting. Click on the 
> link below or at the bottom of the message to search the archives.
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/
> 
> This might lead you in the right direction to a resolution. (hopefully!)
> 
> Jim
> 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Pietro
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:26:38 +0200
> From: "Pietro R.A. Binetti" <binabin at libero.it>
> Subject: can't change screen resolution
> To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <200408300926.i7U9QwoZ029148 at mx3.redhat.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
> 
> Firstly I apologize for the wrong indication: I am stuck on 640x480
> resolution (not 800x600) and I want to have 800x600 (not 1024x768). However
> the problem doesn't change so much: I am still stuck.
> 
> Some of you suggested me to look at the video memory in my BIOS settings.
> Now there are 2 problems:
> 1. accessing my BIOS settings at the startup I can't see anywhere issues
> relating on video memory
> 2. I checked my system hardware and I discovered that my video card shares
> the memory with the RAM: it takes 8MB of 128MB. It does mean something,
> doesn't it?
> 
> I also checked on the Acer webpage: there are no updates available for my
> BIOS.
> 
> Regards,
> Pietro
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Pietro R.A. Binetti wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am a new user of Fedora core 2, and a newer of linux-like OS as
> > 
> > well.
> > 
> > 2 days ago I installed Fedora on my notebook: acer travel mate 212T.
> > 
> > I already have some problems that I can't solve:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 1. Screen resolution
> > 
> > I can't change the screen resolution: it is fixed on 800x600!
> > 
> > During the OS installation i tried to select "generic LCD monitor" with
> > 
> > different resolutions (as my monitor is not in the list). In all cases,
> > 
> > once installed Fedora, I can't switch the resolution to the wanted
> > 
> > 1024x768. I tried to do that changing the Display settings in the System
> > 
> > Settings option panel. I select 1024x768 but I still see in 800x600
> > 
> > resolution.
> > 
> > What should I do?
> 
> 
> Check to see if there is a later BIOS version for your machine. I had a 
> problem being stuck at 640 x 480 because of a buggy BIOS version.
> 
> Also, check your BIOS setting for things that relate to video memory. If 
> I recall, some systems are set to pretty low settings for shared memory. 
> This will limit your resolution top setting. I believe that 1 meg would 
> limit you to 640 x 480.
> 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 2. Touch pad
> > 
> > My touch pad is working correctly, even if I have to touch the left
> > 
> > button to press the left mouse button: pressing the pad with a "touch"
> > 
> > it doesn't work. The "touch" isn't recognized, or something like that.
> > 
> > Should I configure the touch pad somewhere else?
> 
> 
> Check the archives for this information. You have to add 
> psmouse=proto.imps or similar to your grub.conf file. This changes the 
> order of events the kernel uses. (Info from an earlier post by another 
> lister)
>   I'm on a a machine that does not need this added to the kernel. My 
> memory recall might not be the correct context. Look for 2.6 kernel and 
> synaptics related posts in the list archives.
> I couldn't find the postings myself. Your search might be more successful.
> 
> The link to the archives is at the bottom of every posting. Click on the 
> link below or at the bottom of the message to search the archives.
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/
> 
> This might lead you in the right direction to a resolution. (hopefully!)
> 
> Jim
> 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Pietro