Just have a question...
I do have some problems with my Inspiron 510m and Linux.
FC1 gives me the "greenscreen", FC2tr1 has the same problem and thus I tried it with SuSE where I get only 640x instead of 1024x.
I found some websites which explained various ways to fix this problem of the Bios, but all I managed to do was preventing the laptop from crashing when I test the screen.
Once, I managed to test it on 1024 but after the reboot, I am still stuck with 640. But now, the PC gives me only vga driver instead of the i855. I tried various patches (maybe one to much?) but except that X seems to be more stable, all I get is the following error message:
X-Server-Test fehlgeschlagen
(ww) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device) (KK) No driver available
First thing I care is how I get the Inspiron to mork on 1024 and than I try to get FC1 running. Problem is that I have no Idea how to compile a Kernel and if that would solve the problem, since it's apparently a fault of the bios. I am also too "fresh" with Linux thus I believe that I mixed various solutions to solve the problem which might cause additional problems.
It's funny that my old K6 with 96 MB runs great with FC1/Gnome (no, it's not slow) but I can't get a proper resolution on a new Laptop. Anyway, thanks in advance for any help ;)
Alex
