If the GPU is NVIDIA, then you need to install their drivers, otherwise X (sometimes) detects it wrong and uses the nv driver instead of nvidia.
If it's not nvidia gpu, then post what is the hardware specs and the x log, if poossible. Oleg. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shachar Shemesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux-IL mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: X won't give high-res with high colors > Hi all, > > Sorry that this post is a little scarce on details. I will fill them in > when I have them again. > > I am installing Linux on my sister's laptop (a Dell centrino, don't have > exact model). I went for RH9 because that's what would be fastest to > install. > > It correctly detected almost everything (sound, display adapter). At > least, I think it did. Everything seemed to work. > > However, when X is set up for 16 or 32 bits/pixel, the highest > resolution available seem to be 640x480. Looking at the X startup log, I > can see that the system detects resolutions of up to 1280x1024, but > discards them all as non-matching (I did not manage to understand what > it was they did not match). When I set the color depth to 8, X has no > problem starting at 1024x768 (the highest the LCD will support). > > Can anyone think of a reason without the X log available, and also think > of what I may need to look at besides the X log? I don't have high > availability of the laptop, so I'm trying to pick up all the information > I might need in advance. > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Open Source integration consultant > Home page & resume - http://www.shemesh.biz/ > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
