The "vesa" driver is limited to whatever modes the bios
supports. I'd like to see the /var/log/XFree86.0.log from
a run with the "nv" driver that comes up with a black screen.
Relevant options for that driver would be:
Option "FlatPanel"
in case it didn't autodetect that. And maybe
Option "CrtcNumber" "0"
I think it defaults to CrtcNumber 1 on the laptops which was supposed
to be correct as far as I know, but maybe this one is different.
Mark.
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> When I try the "nv" driver, X doesn't come up at all. Well, it may come
> up, but I get a totally black screen.
>
> At least with "vesa", I can get further, to the situation where the only
> problem is that the bottom of the screen runs off my display.
>
> Any suggestions? (I'd like to RTFM on this, but to be honest I can't
> find good documentation regarding this kind of problem.)
>
> BTW, is there some terminology I should be using to describe my
> particular problem? (The problem that X is placing a few inches of my
> desktop below the bottom edge of my display.)
>
> Thanks,
> Christian
>
> Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > You'll want to use XFree86 4.3 and the "nv" driver that comes
> > with it.
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi guys,
> >>
> >>I'm having some trouble getting screen resolutions working right, and
> >>would appreciate *any* pointers.
> >>
> >>I just bought a new Toshiba P25, with a gorgeous 17" screen that's
> >>native at 1400 x 1050. It comes with at GeForce 5200 FX chip and 32 MB
> >>of video memory.
> >>
> >>When I installed Mandrake 9.1, I chose a screen resolution of 1400 x
> >>1050, and to use the "vesa" driver.
> >>
> >>
> >>When I actually got the laptop into X however, I get a funky problem:
> >>The virtual size of the screen appears to be a little taller than what's
> >>actually displayed. That is, in KDE, the taskbar that's on the bottom
> >>doesn't appear, but I can move the cursor a little south of the bottom
> >>of the screen and interact with that tasklbar.
> >>
> >>I see some lines in /var/log/XFree86.0.log that are worrying, but I
> >>don't know what to do with them:
> >>
> >>...
> >>(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1400x1050" (no mode of this name)
> >>(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
> >>(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
> >>(--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280)
> >>...
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks tons,
> >>Christian
> >>
> >>
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