Unusually light screen?

Forum: Laptops
Topic: Unusually light screen?
started by: JimSardonic

Posted by JimSardonic on Jan. 02 2006,00:59

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
- Happy New Year

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Posted by JimSardonic on Jan. 02 2006,02:11

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?

;)
- Jimbo

Posted by JimSardonic on Jan. 02 2006,02:36

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?

Posted by JimSardonic on Jan. 02 2006,03:41

...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

Posted by JimSardonic on Jan. 02 2006,06:19

should anyone come across this again, it's a resolution problem.

from the boot: screen, I had to pass the dsl vga= in order to alleviate the problem.

Posted by dirtvoyles on Jan. 18 2006,03:55

I had the same issue until I used fb800x600.

Posted by Frank_Tdf on Feb. 05 2006,22:08

during boot you should use the boot option dsl xsetup ( i think that is the one). After a while you may be asked whether you like xvesa xserver or
xfbdev xserver.

Try xfbdev.