Message: 7 Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:47:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Laptop Display problems To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0604291646200.2249@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Michael A. Peters wrote: > On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 08:37 -0400, Terry Snyder wrote: >> On 4/29/06, Annette T Robart <ARobart@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi there, please excuse me; I am totally new to this >> product. I have installed FC1 to my desktop with absolutely >> no problems. It came with my textbook for my Unix class. Now >> I am trying to install it on an extra laptop that I don't use. >> It was a new hard drive so it is the only thing on it. It is >> an IBM A21P 850Mhz, with 512 ram and a 15 inch monitor. It >> installs fine, but it stops at the monitor and I'm not sure >> what to pick?? I don't see anything in the documentation and >> nothing in the BIOS. I guessed a couple times and when it >> boots up the X window fails. I get "bad mode clock/interface", >> hsync out of range, fatal error, no screens found. >> >> Does anyone know what I should pick for a monitor and what >> range I should pick? >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> Annette > > Hi and welcome to Fedora. > > Om my IBM Thinkpad T20 - I use Generic LCD at 1024x768 as the monitor - > and it works. I believe the 1024x768 Thinkpad display is an "IBM 9514-B TFT Panel". That's what I use on m T41. > > That being said - Fedora Core 1 is really old and no longer supported. > I suggest you get a copy of Fedora Core 4 or Fedora Core 5 and try that. > > Note that installing FC5 on my Thinkpad T20 was a little tricky, FC4 > installs just dandy - both are currently supported with official > updates. FC5 might install as intended for you though, I don't know. > > I do not recommend using FC1 at this point in time. Seconded. Well I've tried everything else, I guess you are right. I'll have to go with Core 4. I just need to find it on a Cd-rom. I found it on the Internet as a download but it was so many individual files, it was confusing and they were still too large. I wasn't even sure what I was supposed to download, but it didn't matter because they were taking forever to download even with my satellite and I had to quit.
