unreadable display on a dell latitude cpi,

Forum: Laptops
Topic: unreadable display on a dell latitude cpi,
started by: alexjamestodd

Posted by alexjamestodd on Jan. 04 2007,02:58

hi, im trying to leave the darkside behind and try linux, I managed to boot dsl but the screen is a barely readable bluish/yellow colour with the edges blurred.
I tried running the command fb 800x600 ,this did not work though. Id also like to install to hard drive but cant locate how to do this. Any advice greatly appreciated
Alex

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Jan. 04 2007,03:42

Try booting with
fb800x600 dsl failsafe xsetup

then choose xf86dev and 800x600x15 ... experiment around with these

Posted by alexjamestodd on Jan. 04 2007,04:25

thank you very much i will try this.
and may i ask,do you know if its possible to install it as the main os and delete windows in the process?

Posted by whitechocolate on Jan. 10 2007,23:04

hey man i had the same problem; don't know if this works for you but at the boot prompt type

dsl xsetup dsl vga=789

i had this problem last weekend; here's my post and solution:
< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=16885 >

btw, you can install in place of windows, im workin on converting an old laptop of mine and will be doin that soon too - good luck!

matt