hi,

i have a fujitsu laptop with intel 852/855 graphics. before i describe the problem, i want to describe somethine: when i go into the BIOS settings, under video, there's this thing called "compensated." if i enable it, then when booting (both linux and win xp) and when running linux without X, i can use up the full screen. if i disable "compensated," then the size of the screen is smaller--there are black unusable areas around the usable area.

ok, now on to the problem. so the system has just finished booting. i log in. do startx into blackbox or kde. then i either shut down X (which returns to the console) or reboot/halt (which shows the kernel messages like "sending all processes the TERM signal").

now, if "compensated" is disabled, then there are tiny white horizontal lines across the sreen. if "compensated" is enabled, then i can only see a few lines of text at the top of the screen going crazy, jumping all over--basically i know it's text, but i can't read it.

this happens with both slack 9.1 and 10. however, it doesn't happen with mandrake 10 or linux from scratch 5.1. so i think it must be a slack thing. i try to run XF86Config, but it doesn't exist.

does any one have the same problem or know how to fix it? i'm desperate after searching everywhere for an answer.

thanks.

Sounds quite messy, first off, what's the video card?

/sbin/lspci

Cheers,

Finegan

hi,
the Intel 852 chipset is the video card, right?
anyway, i think i fixed that problem by downloading and building xfree 4.3. but now the problem is it can't find libXinerama.so.1.
here is the output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registers (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process Registers (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
01:0a.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:0d.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
01:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)