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Posted: Dec. 09 2007,15:44 QUOTE
I have a SONY VAIO PCG-992L that won't display the full screen, with icons, on any of the pre-4.x family of dsl.  It will show about three-quarters of the screen--complete with icons-on a resolution up to 800x600. Beyond that--at full screen--the display gets fuzzy and the icons disappear.  This behavior is the same running embedded or with live-cd.  The only way I can get a clear, full screen display with icons is running the 3.x.iso out of qemu. Any help appreciated.  I suppose using 4.x.iso would be the simplest answer.  But even that isn't sharp--it just shows icons.  Running "Xvesa" doesn't give you a resolution beyond 800x600 to choose from.
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Posted: Dec. 09 2007,16:45 QUOTE
fb1280x1024 / fb1024x768 / fb800x600 Framebuffer mode (for notebooks)

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Posted: Dec. 10 2007,19:24 QUOTE
I've tried using frame buffer mode several times on this laptop and have never gotten a sharp, clear display.  If I boot with the "dsl 2" code through qemu I get different results for "Xvesa -listmodes" than I do from the live cd.  There are several more options with true colors.  I get better results with a virtually set display than when going straight off the computer.  And as I said before I get a less sharp display using dsl-embedded, too.
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Posted: Dec. 10 2007,19:59 QUOTE
The different resolutions in qemu come from the video card that qemu emulates - not your real hw..

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Posted: Dec. 13 2007,23:15 QUOTE
Hi, I am just now installind DSL 4.1 to an old Laptop. I did have the same display problem... although I do not remeber the exact way how I got by.
I have to go through the X setup process (asking for USB mouse etc). When I picked the line underneath XVESA it worked just fine.

Is that any help to your problem?

Sorry - I had that many boot attempts that I do not remember what I have done... ;)
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