can't change screen resolution

[Pietro R.A. Binetti]

Firstly I apologize for the wrong indication: I am stuck on 640x480
resolution (not 800x600) and I want to have 800x600 (not 1024x768). However
the problem doesn't change so much: I am still stuck.

Some of you suggested me to look at the video memory in my BIOS settings.
Now there are 2 problems:
1. accessing my BIOS settings at the startup I can't see anywhere issues
relating on video memory
2. I checked my system hardware and I discovered that my video card shares
the memory with the RAM: it takes 8MB of 128MB. It does mean something,
doesn't it?

I also checked on the Acer webpage: there are no updates available for my
BIOS.

Regards,
Pietro



-----Original Message-----

Pietro R.A. Binetti wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> I am a new user of Fedora core 2, and a newer of linux-like OS as
> 
> well.
> 
> 2 days ago I installed Fedora on my notebook: acer travel mate 212T.
> 
> I already have some problems that I can't solve:
> 
>  
> 
> 1. Screen resolution
> 
> I can't change the screen resolution: it is fixed on 800x600!
> 
> During the OS installation i tried to select "generic LCD monitor" with
> 
> different resolutions (as my monitor is not in the list). In all cases,
> 
> once installed Fedora, I can't switch the resolution to the wanted
> 
> 1024x768. I tried to do that changing the Display settings in the System
> 
> Settings option panel. I select 1024x768 but I still see in 800x600
> 
> resolution.
> 
> What should I do?


Check to see if there is a later BIOS version for your machine. I had a 
problem being stuck at 640 x 480 because of a buggy BIOS version.

Also, check your BIOS setting for things that relate to video memory. If 
I recall, some systems are set to pretty low settings for shared memory. 
This will limit your resolution top setting. I believe that 1 meg would 
limit you to 640 x 480.

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>  
> 
> 2. Touch pad
> 
> My touch pad is working correctly, even if I have to touch the left
> 
> button to press the left mouse button: pressing the pad with a "touch"
> 
> it doesn't work. The "touch" isn't recognized, or something like that.
> 
> Should I configure the touch pad somewhere else?


Check the archives for this information. You have to add 
psmouse=proto.imps or similar to your grub.conf file. This changes the 
order of events the kernel uses. (Info from an earlier post by another 
lister)
  I'm on a a machine that does not need this added to the kernel. My 
memory recall might not be the correct context. Look for 2.6 kernel and 
synaptics related posts in the list archives.
I couldn't find the postings myself. Your search might be more successful.

The link to the archives is at the bottom of every posting. Click on the 
link below or at the bottom of the message to search the archives.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/

This might lead you in the right direction to a resolution. (hopefully!)

Jim

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> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Pietro