Dell Latitude screen scramble!

**Dave_Bechtel** · 10-09-2003, 02:57 PM

--You're not entering "knoppix fb800x600" are you? The fb800x600 replaces knoppix as the first thing entered before the cheatcodes.

ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppi...cheatcodes.txt

--Try adding ' xmodule=fbdev ' to the cheats as well.

Originally Posted by corey_g_

didn't realize the thread was so old

anyways.. i tried with the cheatcode "fb1024x768" and "fb800x600" with no luck.

it starts to load, and when it gets to loading X11, my screen blinks a few times and I get the error "Error: no suitable X server found for your card" and then nothing.

any more ideas?

**corey_g_** · 10-09-2003, 03:12 PM

I am entering it as "fb1024x765" (no knoppix before)..

i also tried "fb1024x768 xmodule=fbdev" same thing happens..

the only odd thing i do notice when I boot with no cheatcodes, I get : "you passed an unidentified mode number. press return to see video modes available".. i then try every mode in the list it gives me and there seems to be no difference.

Also, I am getting this black border always.. even at the initial screen where u enter the boot code.

**Stephen** · 10-09-2003, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by corey_g_

I am entering it as "fb1024x765" (no knoppix before)..

i also tried "fb1024x768 xmodule=fbdev" same thing happens..

the only odd thing i do notice when I boot with no cheatcodes, I get : "you passed an unidentified mode number. press return to see video modes available".. i then try every mode in the list it gives me and there seems to be no difference.

Also, I am getting this black border always.. even at the initial screen where u enter the boot code.

Try adding in vga=normal with the other cheat codes and maybe noddc, you may want to try the normal all alone.

**corey_g_** · 10-09-2003, 09:00 PM

yeah i figured out that the vga=normal gets rid of the "unidentified mode" message. But this still is not fixing the problem of the video not filling the screen. ive tried literally every combination of cheatcodes possible (i think). from what I have read in other posts, i think the problem has to do with support for this intel (82845) intergrated video card my laptop has. The Intel site claims there they have a linux driver available for it. But I guess knoppix does not support this.

any other ideas from anyone?

thanks.

**Dave_Bechtel** · 10-10-2003, 01:22 AM

' vga=normal ' will override the framebuffer setting, as fb800x600 literally is a vga= setting itself.

Originally Posted by Stephen

Originally Posted by corey_g_

I am entering it as "fb1024x765" (no knoppix before)..

i also tried "fb1024x768 xmodule=fbdev" same thing happens..

the only odd thing i do notice when I boot with no cheatcodes, I get : "you passed an unidentified mode number. press return to see video modes available".. i then try every mode in the list it gives me and there seems to be no difference.

Also, I am getting this black border always.. even at the initial screen where u enter the boot code.

Try adding in vga=normal with the other cheat codes and maybe noddc, you may want to try the normal all alone.

**corey_g_** · 10-10-2003, 02:03 AM

dave.. still no luck.. even when not using them together..

ive used knoppix on my 2 desktop machines at work and it works great. Of course its my laptop (where i really want to run it) that doesnt work