Setting 1920x1080 resolution

[3guesses]

Hi,

I'm a newbie to TinyCore (and no Linux expert, either), so apologies if this is a simple problem to overcome.

I have installed TC on my laptop (Lenovo N500) which has an external display connected via VGA.  This display supports 1920x1080x32 @60Hz (on Windows, anyway) but TC does not seem to recognise this - here is the output when I run Xvesa from the control panel:

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Tiny Core Linux - Xvesa Resolution Setup

         1. 640x480x16
         2. 640x480x24
         3. 800x600x16
         4. 800x600x24
         5. 1024x768x16
         6. 1024x768x24
         7. 1280x1024x16
         8. 1280x1024x24
         9. 1280x800x16
        10. 1280x800x24
        11. 1600x1200x16
        12. 1600x1200x24
        13. 1920x1440x16
        14. 1920x1440x24
        15. 1920x1440x8

Enter selection ( 1 - 15 ) or (q)uit:

I am currently running at 1600x1200x24 (I didn't want to risk any of the 1920x1440 options) but I would rather be running at 1920x1080x32.  Is this easy to do?

Thanks,

3g

[gerald_clark]

Xvesa can only use the VESA options supported by your BIOS.
Use Xorg instead along with the hardware driver for your hardware.

[3guesses]

OK, so to do that I guess I need to use "Apps" to download Xorg and an ATI driver?  I can see an Xorg-7.7.tcz which I presume is the Xorg app I need, but what do I do for my video card driver?

Thanks,

3g

[Rich]

Hi 3guesses

I can see an Xorg-7.7.tcz which I presume is the Xorg app I need, ...

Yes. And you probably want  xf86-video-ati.tcz

[3guesses]

Hi 3guesses

I can see an Xorg-7.7.tcz which I presume is the Xorg app I need, ...

Yes. And you probably want  xf86-video-ati.tcz

Great, thanks.  So I've downloaded both of those packages - what do I do with them exactly?

3g

[gerald_clark]

What do you meanyou "downloaded" them?
You should have done "tce-load -iw Xorg-7.7 xf86-video-ati"  or installed "onboot" from Apps.
Use Apps to add them "onboot" and remove "Xvesa" from onboot.

[3guesses]

What do you meanyou "downloaded" them?
You should have done "tce-load -iw Xorg-7.7 xf86-video-ati"  or installed "onboot" from Apps.
Use Apps to add them "onboot" and remove "Xvesa" from onboot.

OK, well I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing so in "Apps" I had selected the "Download Only" option.  Anyway, I used the "OnBoot Maintenance" to add those 2 packages and remove Xvesa, but after rebooting I have just ended up with a "tc@box:~$" prompt.  I've tried running "startx" but it's coming back with lots of errors: "cat: can't open '/etc/sysconfig/Xserver': No such file or directory" followed by lots of "usb 2-3:" errors.  So what now?

Edit: I don't know if it's important, but TinyCore is installed in a dedicated logical partition on my laptop.

[volkerp]

As a first step you can try to get back your old Xvesa X server after typing

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tce-load -i Xvesa.tcz
and, if succesful,

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startx

[gerald_clark]

"can't open '/etc/sysconfig/Xserver"  means you did not load Xorg-7.7

Check your onboot.lst.

[3guesses]

OK, I managed to get Xvesa back up and running, so I repeated the process (Manage OnBoot: remove Xvesa, add xf86-video-ati.tcz and Xorg-7.7-lib.tcz), checked onboot.lst (looked correct), rebooted and exactly the same problem.  Then I realised that it's not this laptop with the ATI video card (I'm playing around with 2 laptops at the moment and got confused) - it uses an Intel Mobile GMA 4500 so I shall see if I can find the right xf86 driver package for it!

3g

[gerald_clark]

It is not Xorg-7.7-lib.tcz ,  It is Xorg-7.7.tcz

[3guesses]

It is not Xorg-7.7-lib.tcz ,  It is Xorg-7.7.tcz

Aha!  That seems to have been the problem.  It was very late when I was doing this - I thought I had selected Xorg-7.7.tcz for download, but clearly not.  My display now seems to be running at 1920x1080 (how can I check?)  Thanks, and well spotted.

Next problem: I've started up Firefox and the window menubar is off the top of the screen and the bottom of the window is off the bottom of the screen!  How do I move/re-size it to fit on my screen?!?!?

3g

[gerald_clark]

xrandr will show you the current and available modes.
lxrandr will let you do it graphically.

Try <ALT><Left mouse button> and move the mouse.

[Rich]

Hi 3guesses

Next problem: I've started up Firefox and the window menubar is off the top of the screen and the bottom of the window is off the bottom of the screen!  How do I move/re-size it to fit on my screen?!?!?

Try hitting  Ctrl-Alt-M  once or twice.

[gordon64]

and if its not too rude to suggest a desktop,
fluxbox is a small desktop that offers a panel at top of screen

If you are right handed RH click the name of the app in the panel and left click the maximise button to maximise the app......as per attachment

If you click the maximise again, it resizes smaller

works for me and good luck