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D.Marcus

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Registered: 2008-08-10

Posts: 5

Archlinux in Twinhead e10

Hi everyone.

I got a Twinhead e10 laptop recently and decided to install Archlinux (the pre-installed Neoshine distro was too slow; had to replace it).

I installed Archlinux previously on my PC and on another laptop without major problems, but I ran into display issues when installing on the Twinhead e10. The laptop has a full-screen display of 1024x600, but I can't get the display to work normally using the installation steps from the Beginner's Guide. After installing LXDE, the desktop size was bigger (like 1024x768, 1024x800, etc) than the screen's display size, which causes parts of the desktop to be offscreen. This only happens in graphic mode (normal terminal mode seems okay).

What should I do? I tried searching the forum relating to Twinhead e10, but found none.

D.Marcus

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Registered: 2008-08-10

Posts: 5

Re: Archlinux in Twinhead e10

Anyone? I've tried randr gtf but it's still the same.

Cheesebaron

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-10-31

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Re: Archlinux in Twinhead e10

You should mention what graphics card it has, because the official webpage does not speak of this.

Note you might have to specify your DPI in your .Xsession file, that's at least what I had to do to get the correct font size in LXDE.

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D.Marcus

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Registered: 2008-08-10

Posts: 5

Re: Archlinux in Twinhead e10

It uses AMD Geode LX. I've tried setting DPI in xorg.conf, but nothing. How do I set DPI in .xsession? Where is the file located?