Re: screen resolution

["Mansoor Sameja" <mansoor simbanet net>]

Dear All,

I have a problem also, I have HP Brio with the following VGA card S3
prosavage PM133 (TM) with s3SDAC chip. I have installed the linux without
much problems, but the display was not coming proper and I only got the
screen with big fonts and with grayscale resolution. I then went to
s3graphics and I downwloaded the driver for the card. There is no
instruction as to how to install the card, only run the install.sh which I
did and every time it is saying you must have XFree server installed, and I
don't know how to install that. so what I did, I tried to run the file
XF86_SVGA which came together with the pack, which also didn't have much
effect.. I vi the install.sh and ran the commands one by one, this helped in
a way and I got a good resolution, but the screen appeared strange, it was
not showing the whole desktop and each time I moved the mouse to the end of
the screen either right, left, down or up the desktop moved and showed me
other items on the screen and other type of screen which was not visible
before. As if the screen has not been configured properly, my screen type is
D8897 which is not there on the list, I am completely stuck somebody HELP
!!!!

I also tried to re-run the Xconfigurator and chose other card where I chose
XF86_SVGA and I configured the rest of the options but the result is the
same, somebody help please.

Mansoor

----- Original Message -----
From: <franline eth net>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: screen resolution


> JackBalauag aceraip com ph wrote:
>
> > hi guys!  im a newbies at linus OS and i want to reduce my resulution at
> > xstart.  how can i do it?
> > please help.
> >
> >
> > Redhat-install-list mailing list
> > Redhat-install-list redhat com
> > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list
>
>     Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, and go to the bit depth under the
> Screens section. You will see something like
>
> Subsection "Display"
>     Depth     xx
>
> where xx is your startup display depth. If you are using XFree86 4 and
> above, you will find something like DefaultDepth somewhere. The desired
> depth can be set there. Now, to set the startup resolution for the default
> depth, edit the Modes line just after the Depth line, and put the
> resolution you want at bootup at the beginning of the list, save the file
> and restart X.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Fernandez.
>
> --
> Registered Linux user #211615
> Registered Linux machine #98619
>
> "I am not young enough to know everything."
>
>
>
>


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