Laptop Display problems

[Annette T Robart]

 Hi there, please excuse me; I am totally new to this product.  I have
installed FC1 to my desktop with absolutely no problems.  It came with my
textbook for my Unix class.  Now I am trying to install it on an extra
laptop that I don't use.  It was a new hard drive so it is the only thing on
it. It is an IBM A21P 850Mhz, with 512 ram and a 15 inch monitor.  It
installs fine, but it stops at the monitor and I'm not sure what to pick?? I
don't see anything in the documentation and nothing in the BIOS. I guessed a
couple times and when it boots up the X window fails. I get "bad mode
clock/interface", hsync out of range, fatal error, no screens found.

Does anyone know what I should pick for a monitor and what range I should
pick?

Thanks so much!

Annette

[Terry Snyder]

On 4/29/06, Annette T Robart <ARobart(a)hughes.net&gt; wrote:
>    Hi there, please excuse me; I am totally new to this product.  I have
>  installed FC1 to my desktop with absolutely no problems.  It came with my
>  textbook for my Unix class.  Now I am trying to install it on an extra
>  laptop that I don't use.  It was a new hard drive so it is the only thing on
>  it. It is an IBM A21P 850Mhz, with 512 ram and a 15 inch monitor.  It
>  installs fine, but it stops at the monitor and I'm not sure what to pick?? I
>  don't see anything in the documentation and nothing in the BIOS. I guessed a
>  couple times and when it boots up the X window fails. I get "bad mode
>  clock/interface", hsync out of range, fatal error, no screens found.
>
>  Does anyone know what I should pick for a monitor and what range I should
>  pick?
>
>  Thanks so much!
>
>  Annette
>
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Try these websites.  They might give you the answers you are looking for.
http://www.flipsworld.net/notebook/thinkpad_a21p.html
http://www.maths.lth.se/matstat/staff/finn/linux/a21p.html
http://www.ywpw.com/cai/linux/a21p/

They are all from different distributions, but the settings should be close
to what Fedora Has.
--
Terry Snyder Jr
Computer Support Specialist
http://www.personal.psu.edu/tes215
Linux (Red Hat 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 7.1, 8.0, 9.0,Fedora Core 3, 4)
Windows (3.x, 95, 98, ME, 2k, XP, 2k3)
Mac (7, 8, X)
I have used them all.

[Michael A. Peters]

On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 08:37 -0400, Terry Snyder wrote:
>  On 4/29/06, Annette T Robart <ARobart(a)hughes.net&gt; wrote:
>           Hi there, please excuse me; I am totally new to this
>          product.  I have installed FC1 to my desktop with absolutely
>          no problems.  It came with my textbook for my Unix class.  Now
>          I am trying to install it on an extra laptop that I don't use.
>          It was a new hard drive so it is the only thing on it. It is
>          an IBM A21P 850Mhz, with 512 ram and a 15 inch monitor.  It
>          installs fine, but it stops at the monitor and I'm not sure
>          what to pick?? I don't see anything in the documentation and
>          nothing in the BIOS. I guessed a couple times and when it
>          boots up the X window fails. I get "bad mode clock/interface",
>          hsync out of range, fatal error, no screens found.
>          
>          Does anyone know what I should pick for a monitor and what
>          range I should pick?
>          
>          Thanks so much!
>          
>          Annette 
Hi and welcome to Fedora.

Om my IBM Thinkpad T20 - I use Generic LCD at 1024x768 as the monitor -
and it works.

That being said - Fedora Core 1 is really old and no longer supported.
I suggest you get a copy of Fedora Core 4 or Fedora Core 5 and try that.

Note that installing FC5 on my Thinkpad T20 was a little tricky, FC4
installs just dandy - both are currently supported with official
updates. FC5 might install as intended for you though, I don't know.

I do not recommend using FC1 at this point in time.

>

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Michael A. Peters wrote:

>  On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 08:37 -0400, Terry Snyder wrote:
> > On 4/29/06, Annette T Robart <ARobart(a)hughes.net&gt; wrote:
> >          Hi there, please excuse me; I am totally new to this
> >         product.  I have installed FC1 to my desktop with absolutely
> >         no problems.  It came with my textbook for my Unix class.  Now
> >         I am trying to install it on an extra laptop that I don't use.
> >         It was a new hard drive so it is the only thing on it. It is
> >         an IBM A21P 850Mhz, with 512 ram and a 15 inch monitor.  It
> >         installs fine, but it stops at the monitor and I'm not sure
> >         what to pick?? I don't see anything in the documentation and
> >         nothing in the BIOS. I guessed a couple times and when it
> >         boots up the X window fails. I get "bad mode clock/interface",
> >         hsync out of range, fatal error, no screens found.
> >
> >         Does anyone know what I should pick for a monitor and what
> >         range I should pick?
> >
> >         Thanks so much!
> >
> >         Annette
>
>  Hi and welcome to Fedora.
>
>  Om my IBM Thinkpad T20 - I use Generic LCD at 1024x768 as the monitor -
>  and it works. 
I believe the 1024x768 Thinkpad display is an "IBM 9514-B TFT Panel". 
That's what I use on m T41.

>  That being said - Fedora Core 1 is really old and no longer supported.
>  I suggest you get a copy of Fedora Core 4 or Fedora Core 5 and try that.
>
>  Note that installing FC5 on my Thinkpad T20 was a little tricky, FC4
>  installs just dandy - both are currently supported with official
>  updates. FC5 might install as intended for you though, I don't know.
>
>  I do not recommend using FC1 at this point in time. 
Seconded.

> >
>
>
>  
-- 
 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs