Hello everyone. I just got Mint installed (finally). My first problem was after burning the ISO and trying to run "live CD". My computer (Compaq SR1810NX) would boot with the CD. It ran for a while with 5 green dots in the middle of the screen. After a while the dots disappeared and the CD popped out but the screen stayed blank. Tried a few more times. Then I tried burning a new CD at 4x but no go. I even downloaded the file again from another server but still got the blank screen. The monitor I was using was an LCD so I tried my old 17" CRT and it worked! I loved what I was seeing so I got another HD (40 gig) and did an install. That went well. My problem now is that I can hardly see the screen. Everything is so BIG. I tried to change resolution in applications but only had a choice of three. The smallest is still too big. It's like 800x600 in windows.
I hunted around and in control center I found hardware drivers. Somehow Mint started downloading a driver for my PCIxe card (Nvidia FX4800). It installed it. I rebooted hoping for more reso choices but now I only have 2 resos.....big (640x480) and GIGANTIC (320x240)! I'm having trouble writing this as the reso is so big. The smallest of the two is still WAY to big. Before I do a reinstall can I do anything to correct this. Sorry for the long post but I wanted to give as much info a possible. Thanks.
video problems
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collieman
video problems
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collieman
Re: video problems
An update. I uninstalled the GeForce FX4800 (took the card out and uninstalled the Nvidia driver in synaptic) and set the BIOS to "onboard video" which I'm using now. At least it's usable at 1024x768 reso but I still would like to go one step higher. The onboard is an ATI Radeon Express 200 card. Maybe a driver download in synaptic might do? I'm making more progress. I just learned how to "stretch/shrink" the desktop icons and reduce the font size making things a little more to my liking. I think I'm REALLY going to like Mint. I started with Ubuntu a few years ago then went to pclos.