Mansoor Sameja wrote:
> 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 -----
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> 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.
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > 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
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> >
> > "I am not young enough to know everything."
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Don't worry, that's your virtual screen in action, and it's perfectly
normal. However, if you want to remove that, edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config
file, and go to the Screen Section. There, you will find a line showing
DefaultDepth xx
or something similar, which indicates the default bit-depth of your
display. Now, go to that Subsection that includes the same depth, ie, xx, and
it should look something like this:
Subsection "Display"
Depth xx
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
Now, don't worry if there are additional resolutions present, or their
order differ. What you need to do is to add the line Virtual xxx xxx after the
ViewPort line, as done above, where xxx xxx is your current resolution. Keep us
informed about any problems.
Regards,
Steve Fernandez.
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"I am not young enough to know everything."
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