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Re: laptop screen size



What is the output of "X -probeonly" ?
What resolutions does it recognise ?
Brendan Simon.

stephan wrote:

> Ok - the XF86Setup error is this:
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect - Can't connect error no 111
>
> I get it when it Attempts to start the X server.
> hope that helps a bit more
>
> stephan wrote:
>
> > I have just almost successfully installed X on my laptop. My last
> > problem is this:
> > I have a 1024x768 screen, yet I can only seem to get it to come up as
> > 320x200.
> > So basically there is a small window in the middle of my screen that
> > displays X,
> > and the graphics are rather large (it is running at 8bpp as opposed to
> > 16). I'm really
> > not sure where to go with this. I've tried xvidtune but that gets a
> > floating point exception,
> > xf86config gives me these results, and XF86Setup seems to do more damage
> > than good
> > (I'm sorry that isn't very specific, but I've just fought it four or
> > five times in a row and I
> > didn't right down the error message these last two times). I had X
> > running fine with redhat
> > and suse, so I know  it is possible, I'm just not quite sure how.
> >
> > Sony vaio N505VE
> > neomagic card
> > SVGA server
> > 1024x768 screen, should be at 16bpp
> >
> > Thanks for any help in advance - if more info is needed from me please
> > let me know.
> >
> > Steve
> >
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