Thanks for the reply. My laptop is an IBM Thinkpad 21m. I tried to play around with it a little more and sort of have X working. The utility SaX2 is of no help. I finaly figured out that if I select VESA Framebugger Graphics for the video card then it works right (vs the correctly detected ati mobility 2 card had the split screen issue). I am also now not able to get my screen outside of 800x600. I assume this is due to the video card emulation but confermation would be nice:>) Are their any suggestions to resolve this as this makes X most unsualble. Thx. On Tuesday 30 December 2003 14:53, Steve Smith wrote: > Hi Jeremey > > You don't mention what laptop you're using, but I've been > using SuSE 9.0 for a month or so on an HP ze4400 with no > problems. > > When it first came up, it was in 800x600 mode but I went > into YAST2 and selected a 1024x768 TFT 70 Hz monitor and all > went well. I'd suggest the same approach for you. > > Log in as root in failsafe mode and run sax2 and select a > different monitor. The one I'm using is LCD:1024x769@70 Hz. > > So far, I'm very happy with SuSE 9.0. One of my other > machines is at SuSE 8.0 and another at 8.2 and the move was > more than worthwhile for me. I'm eventually going to get > the other machins on 9.0 too. > > Steve S. > > On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Wise, Jeremey wrote: > > Hello to all on the X86 group. Thanks for you product. Learning Linux and > > X a little better every day. Been using RH 7.3 for quite some time but > > wanted to update my laptop. Below is the email I submitted to the local > > LUGs I participate in and tried a few suggestions to no avail. Suggestion > > was to post a question to you guys:>) Hope this is what you need. Any > > suggestions appreciated. > > > > PS:I did peruse the XFree86.org site to see if anyone else had a similar > > issue. SAX2 does not seem to have any ability to 'adjust' the screen > > (though If my understanding of TFT serves this would be expected). > > > > ************** > > I decided to give SuSE 9 a try. > > > > Install: Went rather well considering it was a network install. The > > interface was ok. Had to do install over internet as I wanted to try it > > before making any monetary investments in media. First issue was that you > > have to record your source server(s) and directory path for the > > installation location. (Oh, and not just the names but the IP as name > > resolution does not function outside of manual intervention.) You also > > had to manually tell it to detect and enable the NIC, quite important for > > a network install. > > > > After a rough start, which I chalked up to that who German 'way of doing > > things', I walked through the post install mini configuration. Was > > seemingly simple; prompted me to enable all pertinent devices, even go my > > sound card and win-modem. > > > > First boot: Boot time was a tad slow but not completely unusual. > > Apparently it does some kind of automatic logon of the user account you > > create. (don't remember it asking me to turn that on). The real problem > > was that the screen was split 3/4 of the way down and then "wrapped back > > onto itself". Kind of hard to explain but it was like the 'bottom' of the > > screen was about 2inches too high and then instead of truncating it (or > > where you have to 'pan' the mouse up to see the rest) it just wrapped the > > missing top 2inches of the monitor down onto the bottom. I ran the > > configurator and tried different video monitors, cards, etc to no avail. > > Tried to find a 'bugzilla' for SuSE but that does not seem to exist. > > Ended up emailing support@xxxxxxxx and go a response back telling me to > > respond with the support number off my copy of SuSE. (though the email > > did point to a site that had some archived help fixes that I checked > > out.... nothing about this kind of issue sience 2.2v kernel stuff). The > > situation would have been workable if not for the last feature that > > Konquer's functionality as a web browser is abysmal and my selection of > > Mozilla as an 'additional' option to be installed ended up with a > > plethora of missing configuration files. This meant I had to reboot into > > windows to look for and try fixes. > > > > I believe it is a XF86Config file issue. So long as the TFT is disabled > > the system boots fine with a regular monitor. I copied the configuration > > file from a Knoppix 3.3 (which works great) and after cleaning up some > > font references X started but had the same issue.(I also did the same for > > a Fedora XF86Config file which was the exact same 4.3.0 version). > > > > After googling around for a while I have just about given up on SuSE. > > Sad, considering that most big OEMs are hopping in bed with them as fast > > as they can as one of the last 'corporate' distros. > > > > XF86Config file:(this is a Fedora version +mod to Font section) > > ************************ > > # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config > > > > Section "Server Layout" > > Identifier "Default Layout" > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Files" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7" > > InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8" > > InputDevices "/dev/psaux" > > InputDevices "/dev/logibm" > > InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse" > > InputDevices "/dev/atibm" > > InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse" > > InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse" > > InputDevices "/dev/inportbm" > > InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata" > > InputDevices "/dev/mouse" > > InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse" > > InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse" > > InputDevices "/dev/input/mice" > > InputDevices "/dev/input/event0" > > InputDevices "/dev/pointer0" > > InputDevices "/dev/pointer1" > > InputDevices "/dev/pointer2" > > InputDevices "/dev/pointer3" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Module" > > Load "dbe" > > Load "extmod" > > Load "fbdevhw" > > Load "glx" > > Load "record" > > Load "freetype" > > Load "type1" > > Load "dri" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) > > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" > > > > # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. > > # Option "XkbDisable" > > > > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > > # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. > > # keyboard, you will probably want to use: > > # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > > # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: > > # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" > > # > > # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. > > # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: > > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > > # or: > > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > > # > > # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and > > # control keys, use: > > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" > > # Or if you just want both to be control, use: > > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > > # > > Identifier "Keyboard0" > > Driver "keyboard" > > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Mouse0" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then > > # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you > > # also use USB mice at the same time. > > Identifier "DevInputMice" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > > ModelName "0" > > HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 > > VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0 > > Option "dpms" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Videocard0" > > Driver "ati" > > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > > BoardName "ATI Mach64" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Videocard0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > > > Section "DRI" > > Group 0 > > Mode 0666 > > EndSection > > ******************************* > > > > Jeremey Wise > > Systems Consultant(CNE,MCSE,CSE) > > Agilysys, Inc. > > Jeremey.Wise@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > > wplug mailing list > > wplug@xxxxxxxxx > > http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
