[ltp] Video problem on TP600

Thomas Hood linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:56:11 +0100 (BST)


--- Danny Seffens <dseffens@encoredev.com> wrote: 
> I recently installed RedHat 7.0 on a TP600, and the video is horrible (text
> is very pixely and is barely readable).  I accepted all detected defaults in
> a text mode setup, and I use 800x600 res with 16 bit color.  Any ideas?

Is your display capable of 1024x768?  If so, make sure that
the "Screen" section of your XF86Config-4 looks something like this,
with the "1024x768" listed before "800x600":          // Thomas

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Neomagic Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD]
(laptop/notebook)"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection



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