> -----Original Message----- > From: Alexander Ruoff [mailto:alexander.ruoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:12 AM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Inspiron 510m & i855 > > > 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. > Can you hop by tuxmobil.org?? And check out the Dell section there? I've taken a look and they do have a working solution. I'm on a D600 so I can't help you much there. > 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 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
