[Herefordshire] - Reclaiming Partition Space

[Dr Chris Owens]

Mark

    Many thanks for your continuing interest. In response

Make: Hi-Grade Computers
Model:     Badge:- Ultinote AS8400,     Label:- L8400 Series Notebook No
17NG018024
Processor Spec:        Intel x86, Family 6, Model 8, Stepping 10, 320 MB RAM
Monitor:    Plug-nPlay Monitor on S3 Inc Savage/MX w/MV 1024x768 16 bit High
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    Hope this helps

Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Broadbent" <markb at wetlettuce.com>
To: "County of Herefordshire Linux Users Group."
<herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] - Reclaiming Partition Space


> Hi Chris,
>
> >     Am still a bit stuck in getting the display right. The best I have
> > managed is to get a few scattered icons, some on top of each other,
> > some that are draggable leaving a trail of ghost images, others
> > inactive, lots of grey blue mish/mash which we saw last night but now
> > with a readable message "KDE is up and running"in amongst it - a small
> > advance but LINUX is still not usable from a graphic interface.
>
>
> >     I think I need a path from the grub prompt to the root command
> > line and then a way to get into changing the resolution and monitor
> > settings in Drakx rather as Mark was doing at the end of the evening.
> > This would save having to re-install Mandrake 10.0 from scratch in
> > order to get to the post install 'Configuration Screen'  where I have
> > to date been trying to get the right settings. Would I be right and
> > does anyone have any ideas.   In summary it looks as though everything
> > has installed OK but I can't get access to a usable interface to
> > change the display settings so that the whole becomes viewable.
>
> Could you find out what the make and model of the laptop is please.
> >From that we should be able to find the correct settings without going
> through to much trial and error.
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
>
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