Linux on brand new HP
Im having some trouble using a Live CD of Backtrack 2 which is based from slackware but not SLAx as such. The laptop starts to load linux and when it come to the part where i have to "startx" it fails. I was told that i would have to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but im not sure what to edit it to.
Heres my system info. http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...us/vidcard.jpg http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...us/sysinfo.jpg Here is the error that im having. This live CD works on my desktop and ive tried more lives CD's on my laptop so it has to be the configuration. Code:
(EE) VESA(0): No Matching modes Code:
Section "Screen" Jeff |
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Section "Screen" may come from the missing " character at the end of the monitor line, in your sreen section? otherwise it's kinda strange...vesa driver should accept all the resolutions you pass to it see you've got an ati card, if the above doesn't work, may be you could try the ati driver instead of the vesa (but it shouldn't be more stable) |
The missing " character was my typo. I wish it would be that easy. So you suggest i replace "VESA Framebuffer" with "Ati" ?
Thanks for your help, Jeff |
may be before trying that, you could change your Monitor section to this ?
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Section "Monitor" also, can you post your Device section (or anywhere you defined your video card in your xorg.conf) ? |
No where in the my xorg.conf does it list my actual video card. I also tried commenting the vertrefresh and horizrefresh and it still says that i have no usable configurations.
Jeff |
alright, may be you should try to add a section to your xorg.conf :
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Section "Device" Code:
lspci Code:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] (rev a3) don't forget to make a backup before any change, just in case... |
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