[TriLUG] dell laptop - bad X

[David A. Cafaro]

Try these places for information:


The Dell Linux on Laptops group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/

A post about your problem:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/19697

Someone who has it running under debian, and their config file:
http://geocities.com/randomnumbergenerator2001/

Mike Norwood wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone on this list has had any luck getting a decent X 
> display on a Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop.  It apparently uses an Intel 845 
> video chipset and I can not get it to run at greater than 640x480 unless I 
> go down to 256 colors.  256 colors would actually not be so terrible 
> except when I switch to a virtual console the screen has become really 
> dim. If I try to a greater number of colors it appears the system does not 
> have enough video memory to do this.  I have done some google searches but 
> am not finding anything very clear.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Mike Norwood
> 

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