dell CP 500mhz p3 screen problem

blindw/eax · 06-25-2003, 06:49 PM

ok i have a suse 8.2 live eval cd and it works fine on my laptop but the screen is offset hardcore like you hold the mouse 1 and 1/2 inches below a button too press it. and you move your mouse off the bottom of the screen to get too the task bar and you see you mouse at the top of the screen. some wierd stuff goin on here and i have no clue, i am not a n00b so feal free to be as detailed as posible.

finegan · 06-29-2003, 06:28 PM

I had the same problem with a Compaq 1200, its was a mismatched install of Slackware 9.0 and a binary install of XFree86 4.2.1.

Finally after enough fighting I got a normal XF86Config to work with 4.3.0 and the problem went away. Oddly though, X would only get that derangement after being stopped once and started again.

Cheers,

Finegan

aherm · 06-30-2003, 12:21 AM

As for SuSE: try LDC at e.g. 75 Hz for your monitor and use the native resolution e.g. 1024x768 at e.g. 16 bit colors. You need to cal sax2 at init 3 as root to try (test) the configuration. Save on every successfull step.

For any linux try run xf86config as root and enter your hardware specifications. Else, try edit /etc/X11/XF86Config or XF86Config-4 manually. Don't forget to enter the correct vertical and horizontal refresh rate.

Try xvidtune to adjust off-center display.