[tlinux-users:07558] Re: Screenproblem on Toshiba M70-148 (Suse 10.0)

On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 12:49 +0100, Bauke P. de Vries wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm fairly new to Linux, just installed Suse 10.0 and I can use some
> help on this.
> Specs of the laptop:
> Toshiba Satellite M70-148 (15.4" Wide screen (resolution 1280 x 800))
> CPU: Type Mobile Intel Pentium M 760, 2000 MHz (15 x 133)
> Mobo: TOSHIBA HTW00 (Chipset Intel Alviso i915PM)
> Graphics: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 (256 MB)
> 
> What I did so far:
> Installed Suse 10.0 but after loading I got a black screen and had to
> reset the PC.
> Read things on this forum and tried installing with xdriver=vesa.
> Didn't work.
> Connected a external monitor and the install went fine. Without the
> external mon. the same problem (black screen). So I changed my
> xorg.conf. The lower part where it said "radeon" I changed it to
> "vesa".
> Restarted without ext. mon. and it went fine (got something on my
> laptopscreen.
> 
> Went to the display settings and tried to change the resolution to
> 1280 x 800. Was not possible. Only 1024 x 768, 800 x 600 and 640 x ??.
> 
> So I went (after reading a lot more) to the root console and typed
> 855resolution (and 855resolution -vesa).
> 
> Message: Unknown VBIOS structure
> chipset: unknown (id=0x25908086)
> 
> And now I don't know what to do next. All I want is to have the right
> resolution (1280 x 800) and make use of the possibilities of the
> screen.
> 
> If I should give more info, just tell me how to get it.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Met vriendelijke groet,
> 
> Bauke P. de Vries
> 
> 
> 
Bauke, SuSE 10 has a config tool called sax2. Use that to configure your
maonitor and card. After booting your system, make sure you are in a
terminal (not in a graphical display and put yourself in runlevel 3
with:
init 3

make sure you are root when you do this.
After you are in runlevel three and in a terminal, as root type:

sax2

that will start the graphics/peripherals configuration tool. It is
fairly intuitive from that point...Good luck..//peter
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