[Sderby] TFT display on dell inspiron laptop

[Gordon Mitchell]

All,

With a bit of perservence, google and redhat we have solved it. We 
managed to install Redhat 8, after a couple of attempts, ( it was a case 
of selecting the correct display for the laptop). This proved it works.

Then went back to SuSe and had another try with some more displays and 
modifying settings during installation. It now works.:-)

I have to addmit, the dell inspiron 8000 has a superb laptop display 
when it works.

Gordon

Gordon Mitchell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Maybe one of you can help with this. I am helping a collegue at work 
> install SuSe 8.0 onto a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop. Unfortunately we are 
> having problems getting the display to work.
> 
> The graphic chip is ATI rage 128 mobility MF which appears to be 
> detected ok, however the TFT display remains blank after installation 
> and reboot. We have tried a number of different display types within the 
> installation but with no success. (TFT, vesa, LCD, dell 1400FP)
> 
> We have looked at a couple of log files in /var and these appear to 
> indicate that the problem is down to a sync problem on the display.
> 
> Any ideas, pointer suggestions etc. If you need more info about the 
> config let me know.
> 
> Thanks
> Gordon



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