Firstly I apologize for the wrong indication: I am stuck on 640x480 resolution (not 800x600) and I want to have 800x600 (not 1024x768). However the problem doesn't change so much: I am still stuck. Some of you suggested me to look at the video memory in my BIOS settings. Now there are 2 problems: 1. accessing my BIOS settings at the startup I can't see anywhere issues relating on video memory 2. I checked my system hardware and I discovered that my video card shares the memory with the RAM: it takes 8MB of 128MB. It does mean something, doesn't it? I also checked on the Acer webpage: there are no updates available for my BIOS. Regards, Pietro -----Original Message----- > Pietro R.A. Binetti wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > I am a new user of Fedora core 2, and a newer of linux-like OS as > > > > well. > > > > 2 days ago I installed Fedora on my notebook: acer travel mate 212T. > > > > I already have some problems that I can't solve: > > > > > > > > 1. Screen resolution > > > > I can't change the screen resolution: it is fixed on 800x600! > > > > During the OS installation i tried to select "generic LCD monitor" with > > > > different resolutions (as my monitor is not in the list). In all cases, > > > > once installed Fedora, I can't switch the resolution to the wanted > > > > 1024x768. I tried to do that changing the Display settings in the System > > > > Settings option panel. I select 1024x768 but I still see in 800x600 > > > > resolution. > > > > What should I do? > > > Check to see if there is a later BIOS version for your machine. I had a > problem being stuck at 640 x 480 because of a buggy BIOS version. > > Also, check your BIOS setting for things that relate to video memory. If > I recall, some systems are set to pretty low settings for shared memory. > This will limit your resolution top setting. I believe that 1 meg would > limit you to 640 x 480. > > > > > > > > > 2. Touch pad > > > > My touch pad is working correctly, even if I have to touch the left > > > > button to press the left mouse button: pressing the pad with a "touch" > > > > it doesn't work. The "touch" isn't recognized, or something like that. > > > > Should I configure the touch pad somewhere else? > > > Check the archives for this information. You have to add > psmouse=proto.imps or similar to your grub.conf file. This changes the > order of events the kernel uses. (Info from an earlier post by another > lister) > I'm on a a machine that does not need this added to the kernel. My > memory recall might not be the correct context. Look for 2.6 kernel and > synaptics related posts in the list archives. > I couldn't find the postings myself. Your search might be more successful. > > The link to the archives is at the bottom of every posting. Click on the > link below or at the bottom of the message to search the archives. > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ > > This might lead you in the right direction to a resolution. (hopefully!) > > Jim > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Pietro > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:26:38 +0200 > From: "Pietro R.A. Binetti" <binabin@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: can't change screen resolution > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <200408300926.i7U9QwoZ029148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Firstly I apologize for the wrong indication: I am stuck on 640x480 > resolution (not 800x600) and I want to have 800x600 (not 1024x768). However > the problem doesn't change so much: I am still stuck. > > Some of you suggested me to look at the video memory in my BIOS settings. > Now there are 2 problems: > 1. accessing my BIOS settings at the startup I can't see anywhere issues > relating on video memory > 2. I checked my system hardware and I discovered that my video card shares > the memory with the RAM: it takes 8MB of 128MB. It does mean something, > doesn't it? > > I also checked on the Acer webpage: there are no updates available for my > BIOS. > > Regards, > Pietro > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Pietro R.A. Binetti wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > I am a new user of Fedora core 2, and a newer of linux-like OS as > > > > well. > > > > 2 days ago I installed Fedora on my notebook: acer travel mate 212T. > > > > I already have some problems that I can't solve: > > > > > > > > 1. Screen resolution > > > > I can't change the screen resolution: it is fixed on 800x600! > > > > During the OS installation i tried to select "generic LCD monitor" with > > > > different resolutions (as my monitor is not in the list). In all cases, > > > > once installed Fedora, I can't switch the resolution to the wanted > > > > 1024x768. I tried to do that changing the Display settings in the System > > > > Settings option panel. I select 1024x768 but I still see in 800x600 > > > > resolution. > > > > What should I do? > > > Check to see if there is a later BIOS version for your machine. I had a > problem being stuck at 640 x 480 because of a buggy BIOS version. > > Also, check your BIOS setting for things that relate to video memory. If > I recall, some systems are set to pretty low settings for shared memory. > This will limit your resolution top setting. I believe that 1 meg would > limit you to 640 x 480. > > > > > > > > > 2. Touch pad > > > > My touch pad is working correctly, even if I have to touch the left > > > > button to press the left mouse button: pressing the pad with a "touch" > > > > it doesn't work. The "touch" isn't recognized, or something like that. > > > > Should I configure the touch pad somewhere else? > > > Check the archives for this information. You have to add > psmouse=proto.imps or similar to your grub.conf file. This changes the > order of events the kernel uses. (Info from an earlier post by another > lister) > I'm on a a machine that does not need this added to the kernel. My > memory recall might not be the correct context. Look for 2.6 kernel and > synaptics related posts in the list archives. > I couldn't find the postings myself. Your search might be more successful. > > The link to the archives is at the bottom of every posting. Click on the > link below or at the bottom of the message to search the archives. > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ > > This might lead you in the right direction to a resolution. (hopefully!) > > Jim > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Pietro
