Re: Display problem of fedora 7 on IBM A21p thinkpad

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On 6/1/07, frank wang <yixiaodafang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am a new user on the linux. Could you tell me how to select the vesa
driver in fedora? I thought I have tried it in ubuntu 7.0.

Thanks

Frank

On 6/1/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/1/07, frank wang <yixiaodafang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > However, what should I do after the installation? I have installed
> > ubuntu on the computer, but I still have the display problem. I need
> > to know how to fix this problem after I install the fedoar on the
> > computer.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Frank
> >
> > On 6/1/07, Benjamin Lewis <ben.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > stan wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:54:58 -0700
> > > > "frank wang" <yixiaodafang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> It seems that my firse email did not send out. If this is a duplicate,
> > > >> I am sorry.
> > > >> Since I am desperately need some help, I resend here.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have burned a livecd of fedora 7 and the cd works fine with my new
> > > >> desktop. However, when I try to run the livecd on my IBM A21p thinkpad
> > > >> with 512MB RAM. The display is screwed up. It has two displays, each
> > > >> takes about half screen. I have the same problem with ubuntu 7.0.
> > > >> Since I hope fedora 7 will fix this problem and I wait until the
> > > >> release of fedaora. The display card is ATI mobility 128.
> > > >>
> > > >> Could anyone tell me how can I fix this problem? Without the display,
> > > >> I could not install fedora on this computer.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > I don't know if this will work, but you could get the rescue_CD image.
> > > > It is much smaller and I saw in another thread that people were able to
> > > > do the install from it as well (via the network).
> > > >
> > > Yes, that is possible
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Benjamin Lewis
> > > Fedora Ambassador
> > > ben.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Have you tried using the VESA driver?
>

Use command line as superuser/root: system-config-display

Tip: Boot into runlevel 3 (textmode) by pressing "a", followed by a
space and a "3", press Enter, and log in.


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