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« on: December 30, 2011, 11:14:05 PM » |
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I have been happily using PCLinuxOS on netbooks, but I just bought the Lenovo G770 laptop, and cannot get a successful installation.
If I use the Phinx cd which has successfully installed on 2 netbooks, then the process stops just before the screen asking about partitions appears. The screen goes black, the cursor is nowhere to be seen and all cd activity ceases.
Phoenix livecd works, wifi, everything functions, big screen looks great. Then I install to hard disk and things go wrong.
When I boot up, everything seems fine, log in, and then the video display is all wrong. Less than half the screen is used horizontally and the colors are messed up, leaving the desktop virtually unreadable, unusable. I finally, by hit and miss, got to display settings where it says that 1600 by 900 setting is already in place. However, that is not true.
What can I do? I am desperate.
By the way, I tried an old livecd of another distro. It worked and displays at proper resolution, so it does not seem to be the computer's fault. Any suggestions?
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« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2011, 12:39:07 AM » |
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I have been happily using PCLinuxOS on netbooks, but I just bought the Lenovo G770 laptop, and cannot get a successful installation.
If I use the Phinx cd which has successfully installed on 2 netbooks, then the process stops just before the screen asking about partitions appears. The screen goes black, the cursor is nowhere to be seen and all cd activity ceases.
Phoenix livecd works, wifi, everything functions, big screen looks great. Then I install to hard disk and things go wrong.
When I boot up, everything seems fine, log in, and then the video display is all wrong. Less than half the screen is used horizontally and the colors are messed up, leaving the desktop virtually unreadable, unusable. I finally, by hit and miss, got to display settings where it says that 1600 by 900 setting is already in place. However, that is not true.
What can I do? I am desperate.
By the way, I tried an old livecd of another distro. It worked and displays at proper resolution, so it does not seem to be the computer's fault. Any suggestions?
Using PCC --> Hardware --> Configure Video Card, in this order, first select the proper monitor, then the correct video card driver, then the proper resolution and color depth. Save the results when asked, then reboot. |
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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2011, 01:12:05 AM » |
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Phinx is not a PCLinuxOS product but powered by PCLinuxOS. I don't know what video drivers Sproggy decided to include on his CD. Maybe best to check his forum. The Phinx forums are located: http://cozmodesigns.co.uk/phinx/ |
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2011, 03:41:53 PM » |
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Phinx is not a PCLinuxOS product but powered by PCLinuxOS. I don't know what video drivers Sproggy decided to include on his CD. Maybe best to check his forum. The Phinx forums are located: http://cozmodesigns.co.uk/phinx/Sorry, it was the phoenix edition that I was able to install in the end. |
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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2011, 04:07:19 PM » |
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If this computer comes with the AMD Radeon HD 6650M video you may need updated AMD fglrx driver that provides support for that video card from the repo. Maybe the driver on the CD is too old.
If you can get to a terminal screen in root mode on the install you can run apt-get update and then apt-get dist-upgrade.
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2011, 06:00:49 PM » |
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I got things running from the distorted half screen, but only at a resolution of 1024 x 768
The computer configuration apps says, for the video card,:
Identification
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Description: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
Media class: VGA compatible controller
Connection
Bus: PCI
PCI domain: 0
Bus PCI #: 0
PCI device #: 2
PCI function #: 0
PCI revision: 0x09
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x0106
Sub vendor ID: 0x17aa
Sub device ID: 0x3975
Misc
Module: Card:Intel 810 and later
If I try to make adjustments through the configuration setup and reboot I get error messages and end up having to reinstall.
It seems a pity to have a 17 inch laptop and not be able to use its full resolution.
Oh, I did update through synaptic.
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« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2011, 06:05:52 PM » |
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a netbook with a 17" display?
the idea is call a netbook when the screen is under 13"
it sounds like the installer is having problems to determine the propper resolution for that screen
do you know the right highest resolution tolerated by this screen?
if you log out of the desktop and run XFdrake you should be able to force the resolution you want or edit the xorg.conf to add the right resolution
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« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2011, 06:09:35 PM » |
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a netbook with a 17" display?
the idea is call a netbook when the screen is under 13"
it sounds like the installer is having problems to determine the propper resolution for that screen
do you know the right highest resolution tolerated by this screen?
if you log out of the desktop and run XFdrake you should be able to force the resolution you want or edit the xorg.conf to add the right resolution
Highest resolution is 1600 x 900. How do I access Xfdrake if I log out of desktop? |
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« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2011, 07:24:03 PM » |
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then this is not a netbook, this is a laptop
the XFdrake, written in uppercase and lowercase as previously done is a console tool, pure text, it will work well allowing you to select the right resolution and video card driver if you still are experiencing problems with the resolution
btw, what kernel are you using?
in console write uname -r to see the kernel in use
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« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2011, 07:42:44 PM » |
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then this is not a netbook, this is a laptop
the XFdrake, written in uppercase and lowercase as previously done is a console tool, pure text, it will work well allowing you to select the right resolution and video card driver if you still are experiencing problems with the resolution
btw, what kernel are you using?
in console write uname -r to see the kernel in use
That's what he said in his original post. |
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« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2011, 08:14:13 PM » |
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in blue doesn't help me to read what you write, you already know that
if i lost that bit of information it is not important, the rest of the steps still applies
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« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2011, 09:41:53 PM » |
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then this is not a netbook, this is a laptop
the XFdrake, written in uppercase and lowercase as previously done is a console tool, pure text, it will work well allowing you to select the right resolution and video card driver if you still are experiencing problems with the resolution
btw, what kernel are you using?
in console write uname -r to see the kernel in use
2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs is the kernel |
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« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2011, 09:45:10 PM » |
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perfect, that is the latest available, so the problem seems to be limited to set the right resolution by hand and all problems should be solved
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« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2011, 10:00:06 PM » |
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From what I found online the G770 has:
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6650M 1024 MB
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« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2011, 10:04:47 PM » |
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So, to configure the video card I would select "radeonhd" under xorg? I could not see anything else similar in the "vendor list."
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