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Posted: Jan. 02 2006,00:59 QUOTE
Hello, and thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

I've been looking for a decent linux distro for an old Dell Latitude CP M233XT -- and I like DSL.

I've been able to get it to boot, except, once everything loads, it's very light. Light to the point where I can't make out what it is. Even with the laptop's brightness adjusted all the way to dark, it's just too light to see.

I'd assume I need to fix something in xorg.config, but I'm too newb to know what it is. Any ideas?

Thanks again,
Jim
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Posted: Jan. 02 2006,02:03 QUOTE
You know what? I have no idea how to fix your problem but I know how bad it is to not have any one respond to your posts so I wanted to cheer you up by adding a reply on your post. Please help me out also in "apps" topic is "DAMN YOU YAHOOOOO!"
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Posted: Jan. 02 2006,02:11 QUOTE
Heh, much appreciated.

Like I say, I'm quite the newb, but I'd be more than happy to take a look. Perhaps lightning will strike, and I'll have a logical fix for you.

It's the thought that counts anyway, right?

;)
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Posted: Jan. 02 2006,02:36 QUOTE
Looking through numerous internet sites, I've found that it's most likely my vertical refresh rate that is the problem.

Where can I change this? It appears there is no xorg.conf for fluxbox?
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Posted: Jan. 02 2006,03:41 QUOTE
...and then it dawned on me. Duh.

This is not a fluxbox issue, this happens in the command line, too. What could I possibly change about the resolution of DSL? Am I better off just trying a different distro?

- Jimbo
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