display out of position

[kliefbijl]

Just installed Suse 10.3 on my old IBM Thinkpad A21m (linux newbie). All went well, but I'm experiencing 2 major problems:

1. my display is vertically 'out of position'. The top off the screen appears at the bottom of my monitor.

2. My WLAN PCMCIA card for wireless internet isn't recognized (IEEE 802.11b). I found this site (AbsoluteValue Systems, Inc.) with drivers but I don't know which driver to install, nor do I know how.

Hope someone can help.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

1. my display is vertically 'out of position'. The top off the screen appears at the bottom of my monitor.

Open Terminal/Konsole and execute this

su -
lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

[kliefbijl]

I got this output:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
noname:~ # grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Driver "kbd"
Driver "mouse"
Driver "ati"

Note: I also found a shortcut solution for this problem: if I press the function key that puts my thinkpad to 'hybernate' (screen goes black) and I re-activate the screen, than the display is normal! Not an elegant, yet working loophole.

[devils casper]

You have to install ATI Proprietary Driver for sorting out display problem. Check if Linux based driver is available at ATI website.
Try vesa driver instead of ati.
Log in as root and open /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and replace Driver "ati" with "vesa". Press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace or Reboot machine.

In case it doesn't work, install ATI proprietary driver.

[kliefbijl]

Okay, many thanks devils casper. I don't really know how to install / replace a driver but i'll try. I'll have to sort out the linux commands one time.

Should I start a new thread for my PCMCIA problem?

[kliefbijl]

Using the vesa driver works. Super! Thanks.

[devils casper]

Glad to help you !

Should I start a new thread for my PCMCIA problem?

Yes. Start a new thread in Wireless Internet Forum with proper title.