Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 03 May 2007, Colleen Beamer wrote: > > string? (I.e. when there's something like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" or so, > > the values aren't freely configurable but must match a valid video > > mode for the framebuffer driver in question -- most of them use > > those from the "modedb"). Also, you'

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-03 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Wed, 02 May 2007 20:18:46 -0400 Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hm, OK, I see. Does your kernel's command line contain a valid > > "video=..." setting? > > I'm not sure what you mean here. In my make.conf file, I have the > line video_cards="nvidia" No, I'm talking about b

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-02 Thread C Lee Davis
Colleen Beamer wrote: > I use genkernel and there is a screen resolution of something that says > 1024x768 and I can't edit it. I also don't know what my horizontal and > vertical sync are because it's not in my documentation and when I used > ddxcinfo-knoppix -hsync, it returns 0 0 and ddcxinfo-k

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-02 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 02 May 2007 08:14:03 -0400 Colleen Beamer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> What does "the font doesn't resize" mean exactly and how's that >>> looking errorneous to you? >> It's not that it's erroneous. I'm just being a bit anal. In all my >> other G

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-02 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Wed, 02 May 2007 08:14:03 -0400 Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What does "the font doesn't resize" mean exactly and how's that > > looking errorneous to you? > > It's not that it's erroneous. I'm just being a bit anal. In all my > other Gentoo installations, when the comp

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-02 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 02 May 2007 00:47:21 -0400 Colleen Beamer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm having a heck of a time with the nvidia-drivers on my new Dell >> Inspiron M1710. I can install the driver, but when the laptop is >> booting, the font doesn't resize - some

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-02 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Wed, 02 May 2007 00:47:21 -0400 Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having a heck of a time with the nvidia-drivers on my new Dell > Inspiron M1710. I can install the driver, but when the laptop is > booting, the font doesn't resize - something do do with the > framebuffer, bu

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-01 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi all, I'm having a heck of a time with the nvidia-drivers on my new Dell Inspiron M1710. I can install the driver, but when the laptop is booting, the font doesn't resize - something do do with the framebuffer, but I don't know how to correct it - I've followed the nvidia Guide from the documen