[Ma-linux] Laptop Display Problems

[Jay Hart]

Please post your display (screen) and video driver sections of xorg.conf.

Jay

> Jay, All,
>
> I just tried changing to 16 bit colors.  No change in behavior.
>
> Best,
>
> Chuck
>
> On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 11:27 -0500, Jay Hart wrote:
>> Any change in behavior at all if you use 16 bit colors?
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I loaded Suse Linux 10.3 on my laptop in December.  Mostly it seems to
>> > be working fine.  There are two issues though that limit my use of the
>> > laptop.  One that I am concentrating on currently is the display.
>> >
>> > My laptop is a Compaq Presario C500.  The monitor is a QDS QUANTADISPLAY
>> > LCD MONITOR.  The screen area of the monitor is 13" wide by 8" high.
>> > Resolution is set to 1280x800 WXGA.  Other options are 800x600 SVGA and
>> > 1024x768 XGA.  Colors are 16.7 Mio (24 bit).  The graphics card is a
>> > Intel 945 GM.  No options have been chosen.
>> >
>> > Here's the problem I'm encountering.  When I initially start up the
>> > laptop, the active area of the display is in the upper left and only
>> > 10.375" in width and 7.75" in height.  The background photograph fills
>> > the entire display.
>> >
>> > There is one weird behavior.  When I start up some applications -- for
>> > example I'll use the game Frozen Bubbles -- the application will take up
>> > the entire display.  When I exit the game, the active area of the
>> > display now fills the entire display.
>> >
>> > Suse Linux support people recommended installing current drivers.  When
>> > I went to the website they indicated, I found out, according to Intel,
>> > that I did have the current drivers.  Given the other behavior of the
>> > system (e.g., some games, background photo) I think I do have the
>> > correct driver in place.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Once I get the display working satisfactorily, I will move on to getting
>> > the wireless connection up and running.  The wired port works perfectly
>> > fine.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help you care to give.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > --
>> > Chuck Divine <chuck.divine at comcast.net>
>> >
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> --
> Chuck Divine <chuck.divine at comcast.net>
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