Posts by PeterClark

I have been considering running dual monitors on a computer I am currently building, yet I don't want to spend the high prices for some of the dual display video cards. I think I saw somewhere that you can just use two different video...

when I connected the other screen it still did not work. I did that to see if it was just the screen (since I had had that problem in the past) yet I guess it is not. I am thinking it is the video card itself.

I am running into a video problem on my Sager 5670. When it first happened, I was in windows and suddenly all the colors went crazy and then the screen turned black. It took me awhile of restarting my computer before I was able to get...

Under the config file I have the following Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "ati" Option ...

yeh. That is the error. Could it be a problem with my graphics card? I have the ATI M9 chip (Mobility Radeon 9000 128MB)

I don't have any errors listed there. I am wondering if it is from using an outdated version of Xfree (4.1 was installed while 4.3 is the current). How do I update this from command line?

Quick question. What is the brand and model of the wireless card in the 5670 from around May 2003? It is b not g FYI. I am doing something on my laptop which I need to know that for.

I just installed Debian on my laptop and am having a major problem. When I start my computer it says: I cannot start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the...

I have had my Sager 5670 for about half a year now and have loved it. Just recently however I have started having a major problem. The screen's backlight will not turn on when the laptop turns on. I can see the text on the screen,...

and now I am more interested than ever since my latch is broken now. I see little reason in replacing it with a plastic latch.