Redhat vs ThizLinux?????
 

I installed thizlinux the first thing upon getting my new laptop (an i-buddie-4), and there were no install problems. I ran X with KDE, albeit an old version, although most of my devices were not supported. Because of the lack of tech support, I decided to go mainstream with redhat 7.2. Unfortunately, I've been having a tough time getting it to recognize my monitor. The documentation on the website said it was a 15" XGA TFT LCD monitor, running an SiS 650ST / SiS 961 chipset and "Video Graphic: Built-in SiS 315 graphic core, Share Memory Architecture ". Any suggestions?

RH 7.3
 

Hey! I bought an I-buddie too! I think it's cool. How abt you?

I installed RH 7.3. You can set your monitor... think there is a LCD setting. You can use test settings to make sure it is working. The first time I tried without using test settings, the screen went blank!

Anyway, I'm not an expert and don't know the exact one to use. I'm not sure whether will there be any damage to my monitor even if the display looks okay.

Can some expert enlighten?

Esael

Hmmm....I'm not sure if I found an LCD setting when I was installing 7.2; I'll have to check that....do you also know which graphic card you set it for? Thanks!

Maybe you could check your settings? I think its in the XConfigurator file, although I'm not sure how to get that working; I've just run the XConfigurator program.

you can go to their website www.desknote.biz.

There is a Q&A with RH 7.1/7.2 LCD setting. That should help

For info about SIS graphics go to http://www.winischhofer.net
There is only one driver for sis cards.Got no idea how that works with LCD.I use the sis 620 setting from the xf86config setup.

Since this seems to be more a 'what settings should I use for this particular piece of hardware' question, perhaps the title should be changed, and even moved to a different forum: Linux - Hardware perhaps?

Oh, and what is the fascination with having 'This distro vs That distro'? Why can't we all just agree that these distros are different, some are even unique, and that they have all been designed with a specific target group in mind, so none are better than others?

Ok, my soapbox has been taking a battering of late, so I'll try to stop doing that for a while :D

Thymox... I think you've just about hit the nail on the head here!





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Oh, and what is the fascination with having 'This distro vs That distro'? Why can't we all just agree that these distros are different, some are even unique, and that they have all been designed with a specific target group in mind, so none are better than others?


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And I can't think of a better argument for one distro to be "better" than another in each individuals mind/application.





I use Slackware because when I started out with Linux I wanted to LEARN, and Slackware was the one that did the least for the user on install - therefore it FORCED me to add to my knowledge by researching :study: the answers to my questions and problems that cropped up during install and configuration. And I'm still learning ;)


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