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by **Lea Anthon** » Sat, 19 May 2001 17:58:48

Hi,

I have a Vaio FX101 and it would seem that the maximum res it'll display
under linux is 1024x768, it will go upto 1400x<whatever> under windows.
If I change XF86Config-4 to go higher it crashes.
Another thing, when I go to console or a different mode, instead of the
mode changing to fill the screen area, it uses a small section in the
center of the screen. Is that normal laptop behaviour (this is my
first)?

Thanks,

-Lea.

by **Kwan Low** » Sun, 20 May 2001 03:06:37

Quote:> Hi,
> I have a Vaio FX101 and it would seem that the maximum res it'll display
> under linux is 1024x768, it will go upto 1400x<whatever> under windows.
> If I change XF86Config-4 to go higher it crashes.

What do you mean by crashes? Does the machine actually lock up or does it just
give errors about "No screens found" or similar?

Quote:> Another thing, when I go to console or a different mode, instead of the
> mode changing to fill the screen area, it uses a small section in the
> center of the screen. Is that normal laptop behaviour (this is my
> first)?

You need to setup the framebuffer console to use more of the screen real estate.
Try adding a vga=791 line to your /etc/lilo.conf. I don't remember the modes
off the top, but check out the documentation in the kernel sources under
./Documentation/fb.

Quote:> Thanks,
> -Lea.

by **Lea Anthon** » Wed, 23 May 2001 17:39:21

> What do you mean by crashes? Does the machine actually lock up or does it just
> give errors about "No screens found" or similar?

The screen just flickers and doesn't settle on a higher res. I think the problem is
that 1024x768 is the highest res of the LCD. Windows uses a 'virtual' desktop on
higher resolutions. So I guess it's not an error.

Quote:> You need to setup the framebuffer console to use more of the screen real estate.
> Try adding a vga=791 line to your /etc/lilo.conf. I don't remember the modes
> off the top, but check out the documentation in the kernel sources under
> ./Documentation/fb.

Thanks, I'll look it up!

-Lea.

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