[KLUG Members] suse 9.0 and toshiba

[Brian Ritz]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Bruce Smith wrote:

>> I have installed suse 9.0 on my toshiba laptop. But am having trouble with 
>> graphics and my mouse (odd yes I know). Suse recognizes my video card 
>> properly (nvidia geforce...) but wants to run at 800x600 but it centers it 
>> in the middle of the screen leaving a black area, and the mouse works. If 
>> I go into yast to change it to 1024x768 and restart and it comes up full 
>> screen using it properly but then I have no mouse the pointer dissappears 
>> and so making it a little difficult to accomplish something. Any 
>> suggestions?
>
>The X setup for SuSE is a little more tricky than RH/FD (probably since
>it has more options you can configure).  It took me a couple tries to
>get it working right on my laptop too.
>
>First, make sure you select the correct monitor type.  You may have to
>do some trial & error to get the right one.  For laptops, I usually grab
>one of the "1024x768" monitors from the "Laptop" section.  I think it's
>the one with the lowest refresh rate, but you may have to try more than
>one of them.
I have tried using the generice lcd selection and then choosing the 
1024x768 selection. that did not work went to toshiba and 1024x768 with 
lowest refresh rate and that did not work. Is there a way to tell what 
kind of monitor I have and see if that is listed under the toshiba 
selection? 
>
>Then of course set your resolution & colors.  Then configure two mice.
>One normal PS/2 mouse for the pad, and a 2nd mouse, USB/IMPS-2 for the
>external USB wheel mouse.
I did do that (remembered how to set the mouse from your previous help) so 
it is listed there. The funny thing is I can not see the mouse but it is 
there, because if I move it around and click stuff appears and so on.
>Once you get everything set, press the "test" button to make sure it
>works.  Once you save it, immediately go back into the config screen,
>run "test" and save it a second time.  I think there may be a bug that
>the config doesn't always get saved unless you save it twice in a row.
Will remember this. 
> - BS
>
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