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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!junkie.gnofn.org!usenet From: Chris Mabli <cjm02@gnofn.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: X display problems on a laptop Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 17:22:39 -0600 Organization: Greater New Orleans Free-Net Lines: 20 Message-ID: <333EF5BF.5A51@gnofn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: pov.diegesis.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38084 Hello. I am trying to set up X on my WinBook XP laptop and I am having some problems with the display. I can make it work with no problems if I have an external monitor plugged into the laptop, but I can't make it come up on the dual-scan in the laptop. I think it should be possible, because I can run XF86Setup on the dual-scan and everything looks fine. (If I only knew the settings it was using!) I have tried the standard VGA (640x480, 31.5 horizontal, 60 vertical) setting but as soon as I get switched from the XF86Setup screen to X, the display goes haywire (divides the screen into four horizontal sections with minute, flashing pixel spasms in abundance). At that point I can only reboot. So does this sound familiar to anyone? I am using a Western Digital 90C24 video card in the laptop, if that is of any use. The laptop manual says nothing about horizontal sync or vertical refresh. Please reply to dave@gnofn.org. Thanks in advance. Dave