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by **David Plaza** » Mon, 21 Jun 1999 04:00:00

I've installed Caldera Open Linux 1.3 on a Dell Dimension XPS R450.
Everything is fine except the video display under KDE....the resolution
is great, but I'm just getting a small part of the screen used and
rather large fonts when using the generic SVGA settings. The monitor
controls will not correct it.

Open Linux 1.3 doesn't support my video card, which is an STB nVIDIA TNT
16MB. Th monitor is a Dell Model D1025TM (Ultrascan 100HS). I wondered
if anyone had found video card, etc...settings that will work for this
combination of hardware.

Thanks!

by **David J. Kante** » Tue, 22 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> I've installed Caldera Open Linux 1.3 on a Dell Dimension XPS R450.
> Everything is fine except the video display under KDE....the resolution
> is great, but I'm just getting a small part of the screen used and
> rather large fonts when using the generic SVGA settings. The monitor
> controls will not correct it.

> Open Linux 1.3 doesn't support my video card, which is an STB nVIDIA TNT
> 16MB. Th monitor is a Dell Model D1025TM (Ultrascan 100HS). I wondered
> if anyone had found video card, etc...settings that will work for this
> combination of hardware.

> Thanks!

Sounds like you have the EXACT same machine I just got.

Make sure you have the latest XFree86 servers, I think it's 3.3.3.1.
Just go to their site, www.xfree86.org, and check it out. Download the
SVGA and VGA files, along with the XF86Setup and the 75 and 100 dpi
fonts. I think that'll do it.

Then run XF86Setup and you can select your card; although it's called
STB nVIDIA 128 (which I think is the same as the card we have.)

Good luck. It works for me.

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David J. Kanter
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL USA

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