mulatto

Im serious, im so pissed I put the damn laptop on eBay for sale. No lie! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW

OMG, I just reinstalled the whole OS and the file is still blank. I think im gonna give up on this.

i was tryin to find out how to type in the file and i did by pressin INSERT and messed it up so i rebooted (Ctrl +Alt+Delete) and now the files empty!?! And when I do xf86config, at the end when it saves it says "failed to open filename for writing". what should I do? I dont know how to type or save or even exit the xorg.conf file. Can you please tell me, this linux stuff is so complex.... [Edited by mulatto on 2005-06-17 21:37:27]

here we go.... Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "synaptics" Load "gfx" # 3D layer Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifer "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "1024v768 @ 70 Hz" HorizSync 31.5-57.0 VertRefresh 50-70 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? //Vaio WTF??? ..sorry # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x 480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800 ModeLine "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x800 ModeLine "1680x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x800 ModeLine "1920x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync # ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 Section "Device" Identifer "device1" VenderName "Intel Corp" BoardName "Intel 830" Driver "i810" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifer "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifer "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection (My hands hurt now) um, i skipped some stuff that i felt wasnt important, but if i did skip somethin important let me kno thanks

When i login and type: /etc/X11/xorg.conf it tells me Permission denied, even under root....

I have upgraded my BIOS to A11, but in the BIOS setting there is nothing that allows me to change the MB of video RAM, it doesnt even show any video RAM in the BIOS. And another thing too is that the command "XFdrake" never works, just says command not found. IF I cant get mandrakes to work you think a different distro would work? Dont they have simalar structure and just wouldnt work with this dell? error msg: Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Using vt 7 (EE) Failed to load module "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a" (once-only module, 135962511) (EE) I180(0): No Video BIOS modes for chosen depth. (EE) Screen(s) FOund, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found

you see i dont kno how to access that file. how do i do this? I know nothing of linux commands or how to access files on it.

thats what it says "No Screens Found" and also "No BIOS for chosen depth", and I tried all of the resolutions and all generic video cards, its no use. I upgraded my dell BIOS also, still nothing. I wonder if I have to do somethin in the kernel (no clue how to). When mandrakes goes to the login, you can tell its tryin to boot the graphics login, so it flashes to black screen and back to the command line, then gives up and stays in the command and asks for login. When i type startx it gives the error, i dont have the exact error right now, but i will post it up soon, maybe you guys have see it before.

Im not sure what video card but i do know its intergraded intel, nothing like ati or nvida. When I install mandrakes it auto picks 830 and so does red hat, drivers for windows on dell.com which is 830 and 855 is also compatible. see - http://support.dell.com/support/download...=WW1&osl=EN I've tried startx, just gives me the video error, Ill get you the full details later today. I can get to the login, but nothing graphical just login and just stays in the dos-type program I found this - http://dominia.org/~jlee/inspiron/ does this mean 830 intel graphics are incompatible?

Im new to linux, and really don't know nothing about it yet. Im tryin to install the Mandrakes 10.1 onto my dell Inspiron 2600, and the only problem I think I have is the video card. My laptop has on-board graphics, and every setting I test gives me that "No Video BIOS modes for chosen depth". I played with ALL of the setting and still nothing. I tried flashing my dell BIOS with the new updated BIOS but still nothing, I googled for a week and still nothing. Can anyone help me, or has had the same problem in the past? Thanks