Patrick May writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to configure X on a Compaq Evo N800c under Fedora Core
> 2. On installation it detected the video card (ATI Radeon Mobility
> 7500) but did not detect the laptop monitor. Bringing up the display
> settings after installation shows the monitor type to be LCD Panel
> 1400x1050.
>
> My problem is that when I set the resolution to 1400x1050 I get a
> band down the right side of the screen where everything is hazy
> looking (overlayed with transparent blue squares), for lack of a
> better term. 1280x1024 works fine. Is it possible to set 1400x1050
> in FC2?

For what its worth, I had no problem get my Winbook J4 to work on 1400x1050
resolution in Red Hat 9, Fedora 1, and Fedora 2. I believe I tried Mandrake on
it at some point as well. It sounds like one of the refresh rates is set too
high (or you really have a 1280x1024 screen).

--
Michael Meissner
email: mrmnews@the-meissners.org
http://www.the-meissners.org

Michael Meissner writes:
> > I'm trying to configure X on a Compaq Evo N800c under Fedora Core
> > 2. On installation it detected the video card (ATI Radeon Mobility
> > 7500) but did not detect the laptop monitor. Bringing up the display
> > settings after installation shows the monitor type to be LCD Panel
> > 1400x1050.
> >
> > My problem is that when I set the resolution to 1400x1050 I get a
> > band down the right side of the screen where everything is hazy
> > looking (overlayed with transparent blue squares), for lack of a
> > better term. 1280x1024 works fine. Is it possible to set 1400x1050
> > in FC2?
>
> For what its worth, I had no problem get my Winbook J4 to work on
> 1400x1050 resolution in Red Hat 9, Fedora 1, and Fedora 2. I
> believe I tried Mandrake on it at some point as well. It sounds
> like one of the refresh rates is set too high (or you really have a
> 1280x1024 screen).

Thanks for the input. I just installed Mandrake and it works
fine at 1400x1050. Mandrake is using XFree86 4.3 while Fedora Core 2
is using Xorg. Could that be an issue?

Regards,

Patrick

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Patrick May writes:

> Michael Meissner writes:
> > > I'm trying to configure X on a Compaq Evo N800c under Fedora Core
> > > 2. On installation it detected the video card (ATI Radeon Mobility
> > > 7500) but did not detect the laptop monitor. Bringing up the display
> > > settings after installation shows the monitor type to be LCD Panel
> > > 1400x1050.
> > >
> > > My problem is that when I set the resolution to 1400x1050 I get a
> > > band down the right side of the screen where everything is hazy
> > > looking (overlayed with transparent blue squares), for lack of a
> > > better term. 1280x1024 works fine. Is it possible to set 1400x1050
> > > in FC2?
> >
> > For what its worth, I had no problem get my Winbook J4 to work on
> > 1400x1050 resolution in Red Hat 9, Fedora 1, and Fedora 2. I
> > believe I tried Mandrake on it at some point as well. It sounds
> > like one of the refresh rates is set too high (or you really have a
> > 1280x1024 screen).
>
> Thanks for the input. I just installed Mandrake and it works
> fine at 1400x1050. Mandrake is using XFree86 4.3 while Fedora Core 2
> is using Xorg. Could that be an issue?

It may be Mandrake has the binary-only ATI module that does the low level X
server, and Fedora does not (fedora tends to be open source only). My laptop
is old enough that the ATI chip in it is supported by the sources in Xfree/Xorg
(when the laptop was running Red Hat 9 and Fedora 1, it was running Xfree, but
Fedora changed to Xorg due to the licensing requirements).

--
Michael Meissner
email: mrmnews@the-meissners.org
http://www.the-meissners.org

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:04:52 +0100, Patrick May wrote:

> Michael Meissner writes:
>> > I'm trying to configure X on a Compaq Evo N800c under Fedora Core
>> > 2. On installation it detected the video card (ATI Radeon Mobility
>> > 7500) but did not detect the laptop monitor. Bringing up the display
>> > settings after installation shows the monitor type to be LCD Panel
>> > 1400x1050.
>> >
>> > My problem is that when I set the resolution to 1400x1050 I get a
>> > band down the right side of the screen where everything is hazy
>> > looking (overlayed with transparent blue squares), for lack of a
>> > better term. 1280x1024 works fine. Is it possible to set 1400x1050
>> > in FC2?
>>
>> For what its worth, I had no problem get my Winbook J4 to work on
>> 1400x1050 resolution in Red Hat 9, Fedora 1, and Fedora 2. I believe I
>> tried Mandrake on it at some point as well. It sounds like one of the
>> refresh rates is set too high (or you really have a 1280x1024 screen).
>
> Thanks for the input. I just installed Mandrake and it works
> fine at 1400x1050. Mandrake is using XFree86 4.3 while Fedora Core 2 is
> using Xorg. Could that be an issue?
>

Hi Patrick,
I am running FC2 on my Dell 5150 at 1400x1050 perfectly. So Xorg *can* do
it. If you do try out Fedora again, you could possibly try the Del laptop
screen option.

Regards,
David