[ltp] 1024 x 768 resolution on thinkpad 600

[jeff]

On Sunday 28 August 2005 10:53 am, Stan Weddington wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I recently purchased a thinkpad 600 off of eBay with known problems.  There
> were just 2 things apparently wrong - (1) the CMOS battery needed to be
> replaced, and (2) the LCD display (or the backlight inverter) is going out.
>
> The display, besides fading in & out with a mostly pink tints, showed the
> console screen within a much smaller box than the dimensions of the
> display, though MS Windows booted in graphical 1024 x 768 graphical mode
> just fine, taking up the entire viewing area.
>
> I put the thinkpad in a docking station, and loaded Debian Sarge with KDE
> desktop on it.  Everything went fine except the max screen resolution that
> KDE will show me is 800 x 600, even though XF86Config-4 is as follows:
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
>         Driver          "neomagic"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
>         HorizSync       28-50
>         VertRefresh     43-75
>         Option          "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "Generic Video Card"
>         Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
>         DefaultDepth    24

There is the problem. 600's can't do 24 bit color at 1024x768. Change your 
default to 16 bit or less and it will work.

Jeff