On Wednesday 29 Dec 2004 09:29, R. Kirk McPike wrote: > Being something of an idiot, and it being late at night, I forgot to > include a subject line. And people say I'm bright... > > Kirk > --- > Full text of original message included for those who tossed my "No > Subject" version. Sorry! > > On Dec 29, 2004, at 3:15 AM, R. Kirk McPike wrote: > > I'm attempting to set up Fedora Core 3 on my hp pavilion zt3101 (a > > model in the zt3000 family). It's a Pentium M system with the 802.11b > > Intel wireless card (full Centrino system) and a 15.2" widescreen > > display and CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. > > > > I'm fairly inexperienced with Linux (installed it a few times, played > > with it every now and then but never used it as a primary operating > > system), and I'm having a few issues with getting set up. I've > > searched through the archives, but didn't see precisely what I was > > looking for, so I thought I'd turn to the kind folks on this list. > > > > Everything installed all right. But I'm sure that my ignorance is > > what's causing me a few problems. > > > > My LCD's resolution is 1280 x 800, but that's not an option listed in > > my Display system settings. I've set my video card to the proper card > > (ATI Radeon Mobility 9200), and set my display to Generic LCD Display > > 1280x800, but to no avail. Do I need to figure out precisely what > > brand of monitor HP has included with my laptop? > > AFAIK, the XWindows system doesn't yet have drivers to run an LCD screen at that resolution. Maximum resolution seems to be 1024x768. To be honest, I personally can't see much diference between the two screens when I switch resolutions in WinXP. > > Also, how do I put the system to sleep so that I can safely close the > > lid and move it about? I've been able to get a nice little battery > > monitor to show up in the top corner, but that's about as much as I've > > been able to do. Double clicking it produces an error that > > '/usr/bin/apm -s' was unsuccessful. Eh? > > Suspend is a function of ACPI. '/usr/bin/apm -s' calls the relevant routines. I don't know enough of the software to suggest a solution, but you could try googling on ACPI and your_precise_brand_of_laptop > > I'm very new at Linux, but I'm pretty impressed so far. This is by far > > the most polished looking and usable Linux I've ever seen -- I never > > used to feel like I had any ownership over my computer when I tried > > previous releases, but I do now. > > > > Any suggestions for a very newbie-friendly resource to walk me through > > all this sort of stuff? > > google everything. > > Next I need to see if I can get my wireless card working. > > root# lspci is your friend, together with google, man and this list. > > Thanks in advance. I promise to get out of y'alls hair as soon as I > > get this stuff resolved. Thanks to all the contributors and the > > community who made this software possible. > > > > Kirk > > TD
