how to configure laptop monitor correctly
James Mckenzie
jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 3 22:19:13 UTC 2005
T.Q Publications said about how to configure laptop monitor correctly:
>i am having problems configuring the laptop. I have a HP laptop. the only selection allowed in setup >was "unprobed" monitor. It used 2/3 of the screen. I reload the software and now i get 1/2 of the screen. a small >square... is there a way to do this manually or am i making this harder than it actually is?
You have two choices when configuring your laptop monitor:
1. Select Unknown LCD Monitor from the dropdown menu when installing Fedora. My monitor is 1600x1200 and that is what I selected. I had to edit the xorg.conf file to add 24 color depth as the default depths available for the Unknown or Undetected LCD monitor are 16, 8 and 4. This can also be accomplished by switching to init level 3 and rediscovering your video system.
2. Edit the xorg.conf file and change the v sync and h sync values to match that of your LCD panel. You may be able to obtain this information from HP's web site.
As always, make a known good backup to the xorg.conf file before editing it.
Good luck with your laptop.
James McKenzie
A Proud User of Linux!
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