RE: [SLE] X server is small and looks funny

Have you set up X correctly ? run Sax or xf86setup to setup your graphics card correctly... X will run on smaller amounts of graphics memory (< 1 meg ) Surjit.

-----Original Message----- From: Martijn van den Burg [SMTP:Martijn.van.den.Burg@asml.nl] Sent: 07 July 2000 09:36 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] X server is small and looks funny

Hi,

Sean Oonamey wrote:

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Hello,

You have 4meg RAM, correct? That could be the problem. My understanding is that you require something like 32mb or so for X. Not 100% sure but it might be right.

Not quite. 4 MB is sufficient (I have used cards that had 2 MB - also worked). But don't expect to be able to run 1600x1200 @ 80 Hz and zillions of colours ;-)

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Sean :-) --- mendes wrote: > Hello

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I am trying to install linux on P-II 300 with RIVA 128 - 4mb. The installation went fine but the x server is kind of funny. First, it doesn't fill the whole screen; it is just a small square on the middle of it.

You can try to change your keyboard's resolution with keyboard shortcuts. I thought it was Ctrl> + and <Ctrl> - (the '+' and '-' on the numerical pad at the right of your keyboard. Might have been <Alt> instead of <Ctrl>.

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Second, the taskbar is not there. Linux can find all the parameters so I don't know what is wrong? The monitor is LG 20".

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Eduardo

Bye,

Martijn

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