Display Problems on Toshiba Satellite 420CDT

[jrtayloriv]

I am running vector linux 4.0 on a very old Toshiba Satellite Pro 420CDT. I have been able to get X up and running, however regardless of what I tell it, I am always getting an extremely low resolution and it is very off center (some of the icons are off of the screen) I have run XFree86 -configure which had no problems other than detecting the PS/2 mouse I've got plugged in. I have run the text and GUI X configuration utilities and nothing seems to be happening. Any suggesstions?

Thanks,
JT

[bmxface]

you can edit your XF86Config then look for something like

vendorname "Sony"
modelname "CPD 200SX"
ModeLine "1280x1024/70Hz" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054 
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "ati"
    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
vendorname "ATI"
boardname "Radeon QE"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "VESA Framebuffer"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

#   DefaultDepth 8
#   DefaultDepth 16
   DefaultDepth 24
#   DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution.  If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes "1280x1024/70Hz" "800x600" "640x480" 
		Virtual 0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes "1280x1024/70Hz" "800x600" "640x480" 
		Virtual 0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes "1280x1024/70Hz" "800x600" "640x480" 
		Virtual 0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes "1280x1024/70Hz" "800x600" "640x480" 
		Virtual 0 0
    EndSubsection

then for the resalutions just give it ONLY the res. you want...give it no choice to do otherwise.