Hey Mark, Thanks for the help.
I added the Option "FlatPanel" item to my XF86Config-4 file, because it had in fact been missing. When I restarted X, I saw no improvement. In fact, I got something a little worse: In my text-mode consolse now (i.e., ctrl+alt+F1), the last row of text runs off the bottom of the display a little. Anyway, I've attaced my log file and XF86Config-4 file, if you're interested in taking a look. Thanks again for all the help - I really appreciate it. - Christian > > From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/07/12 Sat PM 10:54:31 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [XFree86] semi-newbie: nVidia Go5200 FX trouble on Toshiba laptop > > 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 > > >> > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>XFree86 mailing list > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > XFree86 mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 >
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