Re: annoying problem with TFT on dell laptop
Shri Shrikumar said:
> The first is that every second time I load linux up, it shrinks the screen
> size to the center. I have a 15" screen but it only uses the center (maybe
> 12" or something - looked like 640x480 or something). When I reboot, the
> bios post screen is *also* this size and so is the grub screen.
check the bios ..most laptops have a "stretch screen" option. at least
most that i have used. Haven't used a dell in years.(typing this on
a thinkpad T20)
> The second problem that I am having may or may not be related to the above
> and is that once the xserve-xfree86 has been run, the consoles 1-6 dont
> display properly anymore - there is serious flicker there. I wonder if
> this might even damage the TFT.
it's generally a bad idea to switch to a virtual terminal once X
is loaded. some systems can handle it, many cannot. I've experienced
this for many many years on many different versions of Xfree86.
> instead of using dselect ?
or tasksel, yes. you told it to install 1 package, and as you saw,
X is many packages. I do the same thing and usually caught with
the same problem(lacking fonts, lacking startx etc).
nate
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