Laptop Display problems

[Terry Snyder]

On 4/29/06, Annette T Robart <ARobart at hughes.net> wrote:
>
>   Hi there, please excuse me; I am totally new to this product.  I have
> installed FC1 to my desktop with absolutely no problems.  It came with my
> textbook for my Unix class.  Now I am trying to install it on an extra
> laptop that I don't use.  It was a new hard drive so it is the only thing on
> it. It is an IBM A21P 850Mhz, with 512 ram and a 15 inch monitor.  It
> installs fine, but it stops at the monitor and I'm not sure what to pick?? I
> don't see anything in the documentation and nothing in the BIOS. I guessed a
> couple times and when it boots up the X window fails. I get "bad mode
> clock/interface", hsync out of range, fatal error, no screens found.
>
> Does anyone know what I should pick for a monitor and what range I should
> pick?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Annette
>
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Try these websites.  They might give you the answers you are looking for.
http://www.flipsworld.net/notebook/thinkpad_a21p.html
http://www.maths.lth.se/matstat/staff/finn/linux/a21p.html
http://www.ywpw.com/cai/linux/a21p/

They are all from different distributions, but the settings should be close
to what Fedora Has.
--
Terry Snyder Jr
Computer Support Specialist
http://www.personal.psu.edu/tes215
Linux (Red Hat 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 7.1, 8.0, 9.0,Fedora Core 3, 4)
Windows (3.x, 95, 98, ME, 2k, XP, 2k3)
Mac (7, 8, X)
I have used them all.
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