[Gllug] Debian and Gnome 2.2 problem

[Ian Norton]

Hiya,

dont worry,

it has nothing to do with gnome,

I think you should un-comment the videoram line,

also,

in the 'my monitor' section,

comment out the 31.5,... horizsync line and un-comment the one below it

Ian

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:09:10AM +0100, Simon Morris wrote:
> Hi GLLUGers
> 
> My laptop is running Debian Woody which was running quite happily with
> Gnome 1.4
> 
> I've recently upgraded to 'testing' and installed the backports of Gnome
> 2.2 from evilgeniuses.org.uk, which all went well. However I have a
> problem with the display of X.
> 
> Editing the XF86Config-4 file I can get the display up in 2 modes
> 
> 1.) A display that fills most of the screen. There is a black strip along
> the bottom and right side of the screen where the display doesn't quite
> fit.
> 
> However this mode won't use the correct colour depth and Gnome looks very
> ugly
> 
> 2.) A display centered in the middle of the screen with a thick black
> border where the display is way too small. Correct colour depth and Gnome
> looks great (but small!)
> 
> It seems I haven't got the config quite right!
> 
> I've posted the config file and log rather than attach them to this mail
> 
> http://www.simonmorris.uklinux.net/XF86Config-4
> http://www.simonmorris.uklinux.net/XFree86.0.log
> 
> The laptop is a Dell Latitude CPi A366XT
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Simon Morris
> simon.morris at penguinit.com
> 
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