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gigi1234

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Posted: Sep. 07 2006,23:29

Hi All,

After much to-do, I finally got a graphical mode of DSL running on an old laptop (Pentium 1, 40MB RAM, Gateway Solo). But the display is weird and I can't figure it out.

I have a monitor that is 600 x 800, 256 colors (8 bit) and I chose these options in the XVESA setup.

And I get a display, but it is very dark. For instance, I start up Dillo and go to Google and instead of having a white background it is black, like everything is reversed.

Does anyone how an idea what is causing this and how it can be fixed?

Thanks!

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Posted: Sep. 08 2006,13:31

Try the other options in xsetup. What happens when you use 640x480x8 or xfbdev?

What about booting with those vga= and fb#x# codes?

You could also try using the XFree86 extensions.

gigi1234

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Posted: Sep. 08 2006,21:16

I have pretty much tried everything possible in the boot options and in xsetup.

What are these Xfree86 extensions?

How difficult is it to switch to Xfree86?

One problem I have is not knowing much about my hardware. I know the resolution and color setting (800 x 600, 8-bit) but that is it. No sync rates, don't know what chip I have etc.

It is usable as is, but very funky, like a reverse image!!

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Posted: Sep. 08 2006,21:58

Did you try a combination of booting with those cheatcodes and in xsetup at the same time?

I was referring to myDSL's XFree86.dsl/.unc

It shouldn't be too hard to use the full xf86, though some users have some trouble due to their particular hardware.

The standard vrefresh rate is 60Hz.

I wonder if you used like a failsafe or acpi=off apm=off (power issue?)

Use lspci -v or System stats to find out more about your hardware.