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orangetrousers4669

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Registered: 2012-05-13

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Arch will not come up full screen

The initial arch splash screen where you can choose from 32 bit and 64 bit installation shows up in regular full screen, but for some reason as soon as I pick an option it reverts to a smaller screen positioned in the top left corner (maybe 66%-ish of the normal size).  Trying to attach a photo but can't figure out how.  I'm running arch 32-bit on a Dell Precision M6300.  Formerly had this laptop running ubuntu 10.04 without any similar issues, I've ran Arch on older Dell laptops before and not had the same this problem.

Googled it and searched the forums but came up empty, anyone ever encountered this?  Any help is appreciated.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: Arch will not come up full screen

I've ran Arch .

<rant>
Grrr...  ran run
</rant>

Anyway, what video chip set are you using?

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DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

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Re: Arch will not come up full screen

Is this one of the "dual" ISOs?

It sounds to me like you need to set the monitor to auto-adjust. But since this is a laptop, it could be a KMS issue... Shouldn't really matter if it's just in the installing phase. Hmmm... The ISO is rocking an older kernel, so maybe try a daily snapshot and see how it goes: http://www.archlinux.org/download

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orangetrousers4669

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Registered: 2012-05-13

Posts: 8

Re: Arch will not come up full screen

I've ran Arch .

<rant>
Grrr...  ran run
</rant>

Anyway, what video chip set are you using?

Well... that's embarrassing. Grammar never was my forte but that's pretty bad....

Card was the NVIDIA Corporation G84 Quadro FX 1500M.

Last edited by orangetrousers4669 (2012-06-13 19:42:18)

orangetrousers4669

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Registered: 2012-05-13

Posts: 8

Re: Arch will not come up full screen

Is this one of the "dual" ISOs?

It sounds to me like you need to set the monitor to auto-adjust. But since this is a laptop, it could be a KMS issue... Shouldn't really matter if it's just in the installing phase. Hmmm... The ISO is rocking an older kernel, so maybe try a daily snapshot and see how it goes: http://www.archlinux.org/download

Yes I am indeed using the dual core, we tend to pass boot CDs around alot at worked so I figured why not if it'll save a couple cds... I'll give the regular 32-bit a try.  If that doesn't work I'll give a daily snapshot, any particular one I should pick?  I picked 5/29/2012 for no particular reason.

Last edited by orangetrousers4669 (2012-06-13 19:52:21)