[ILUG] X on dell vostro 1000

[Conor Daly]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 09:08:15AM +0100 or thereabouts, Glen Gray wrote:
> 
> On 10 Apr 2008, at 19:03, Conor Daly wrote:
> >So, I got my new Dell Vostro 1000 laptop (EUR480) with 2GHz, 1Gb, 80Gb.  I
> >videoed the refusal of the MS XP EULA with the intention of returning the
> >software for a refund.  Then I installed a quick RHEL5 'cos I had a disk
> >handy.  Couldn't get X going.  Downloaded a Ubuntu live CD (7.1 I think)
> >and booted from that.  X starts but I get a screen that looks like
> >interlaced and out of sync.
> >
> >It has a Radeon RS482 Xpress 200 card with a 15" widescreen LCD.  ubuntu
> >is using the radeon driver.  I haven't tried the ATI driver and would
> >prefer to use the free one if poss.  Anyone had any luck with this card?
> >
> >I'll grab logs and stuff in a bit.
> 
> I got one of these for my wife before xmas. Unfortunately it's running  
> Windows, but when I use it, I boot from a Fedora 8 flash disk I have  
> and X worked perfectly.

So, I brought it home and plugged in an external monitor and the lappy's
display looked fine!  Not too stable though, X would occasionally crash.
This happened both with RHEL5 and Ubuntu 8.04 (not 7.1 as previously
stated).  

Still not happy, I did a network install of FC6 (of the home network
repository) which would only run in text mode if there was no external
monitor connected.  It came up after the install with X working fine.  Not
sure what resolutions yet, just shut down and went to bed.

Wireless next, probably with ndiswrapper 'cos of the broadcom wireless nic
on board.  After that, I just have to download the internet to hard disk so
I can use it down the country...

Conor
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Conor Daly,                   
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Dublin 9, Ireland             
Ph +3531 8064276 Fax +3531 8064247

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