Laptop Display problems
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Sat Apr 29 20:47:27 UTC 2006
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 08:37 -0400, Terry Snyder wrote:
>> 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
>
> Hi and welcome to Fedora.
>
> Om my IBM Thinkpad T20 - I use Generic LCD at 1024x768 as the monitor -
> and it works.
I believe the 1024x768 Thinkpad display is an "IBM 9514-B TFT Panel".
That's what I use on m T41.
>
> That being said - Fedora Core 1 is really old and no longer supported.
> I suggest you get a copy of Fedora Core 4 or Fedora Core 5 and try that.
>
> Note that installing FC5 on my Thinkpad T20 was a little tricky, FC4
> installs just dandy - both are currently supported with official
> updates. FC5 might install as intended for you though, I don't know.
>
> I do not recommend using FC1 at this point in time.
Seconded.
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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