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Screen resolution issue
I recently got a copy of Knoppix and am running it off a CD.
At first it wouldn't run at all, giving me a blank screen. I soon discovered I could manually set the screen resolution lower using one of the knoppix startup cheat codes and make it run. I currently am typing
knoppix screen=640x480 vsync=70 depth=16
to make it run. Unfortunately, this resolution is pretty poor, and sometimes applications in the KDE have buttons at the bottom of windows that I thus can't move the mouse to to click on. Those buttons are below the visible screen.
I have an S3 ProSavage DDR graphics card, which is an onboard graphics card. My system has Windows XP installed on it, and the resolution runs much better on XP. (1080 X something if I remember right).
Whenever I try anything higher for screen resolution on the cheat codes, I get a blank screen. Messing with vsync and depth so far hasn't helped. Sometimes the monitor explicitly prints "Out of range" and recommends reading the manual for documentation. I've also tried vga=normal which didn't work.
I'm guessing it's a graphics card problem, but I can't know for sure. Someone else told me it could likewise be a monitor problem for all I know.
Is there any way to fix the problem with the hardware I have, or do I need to buy something else?
Thanks,
qb45man
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"Onboard" video cards can be a little tricky to get working correctly in linux.
This; http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-...7/30/0013.html link has a
driver for the s3 prosavage.
I haven't used this one myself I have set up video, onboard and pci
You might try some of the things the link above suggests (It's for both bsd & linux)
Let us know how you make out.
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