RE: X Problem

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On 24-Mar-2001 Carlos Proal opined:
> Hi all, i have a custom laptop and obviously im trying to install RH 
> Wolverine
> 
> Why Wolverine ?, well i had bad luck with previous versions because i
> never 
> can setup the display, probably because a dont have the monitor 
> specifications and the factory doesnt answer my messages.
> 
> Fortunately this version looks great, in the installation process 
> anaconda 
> detected my display and run the graphic mode but, in display setup i
> again 
> cant find the right settings, installer recognize well my sis630 video
> card 
> and in monitor shows a DDC undetected setting with a
> vertical/horizontal 
> range , anyway i cant setup this stuff.
> In my opinion if the installer can run on graphic mode, apparently
> gnome RH 
> must be run without problem but how can i detect, investigate o
> whatever 
> this settings ??.

It could be that the installer is running VGA16 settings, which is really
low color and usually pretty lo-res when used.

Can't say for sure because I never use the graphic installer. But, such
things wouldn't surprise me since that's how the graphic setup program
XF86Setup used to do it. (That's been replaced BTW.)

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