The only XVESA resolution greater than 1024x768 is 1280x1024
My 21" LCD which is 1440x900 is too small to display 1280x1024 so I don't think a 14" laptop will.
Your only hope is xorg with an ATI driver for a resolution greater than 1024x768
The current non open source driver does not support the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 ie. no supported adapter error.

Discussed here : http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1430357

Try slitaz-3.0(xorg) with xorg-xf86-video-ati-6.6.2.tazpkg

Put xorg-xf86-video-ati-6.6.2.tazpkg on a USB stick, install from the console as root. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace Driver "vesa" with "ati". Restart the Xserver with command slim. Hopefully the driver will provide enough auto detection to start Xserver without further tweaking.

Good luck

Hi

you said:
"
Try slitaz-3.0(xorg) with xorg-xf86-video-ati-6.6.2.tazpkg

Put xorg-xf86-video-ati-6.6.2.tazpkg on a USB stick, install from the console as root. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace Driver "vesa" with "ati". Restart the Xserver with command slim. Hopefully the driver will provide enough auto detection to start Xserver without further tweaking.
"
Thanks for posting this solution, but the problem is that I'm a Linux newbie. I don't know how to do the following:
- "install from the console as root" : what command do I need to use in order to do this?
- Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace Driver "vesa" with "ati" : How do I do this?
- Restart the Xserver with command slim. : How do I do this one too ? :D

I'm sorry about this, but I'm still very new to Linux, especially Slitaz.

Thanks again,

This can all be found in the documentation, the handbook and other forum posts.
Google: slitaz packages -- it's the first hit.
Google: editing text files in linux command line -- i'd bet it's on the first page.

Terminal:
tazpkg get xorg-xf86-video-ati
Copy to usb stick.
Alternatively, go find it on the mirror.

Terminal:
su (password: root)
tazpkg install xorg-xf86-video-ati-6.6.2.tazpkg
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the line that reads
Driver "vesa"
and replace it with
Driver "ati"

Either logout, or restart. The graphics server starts each time the login screen is shown.

Thank you for helping.

I asked about the specific commands because I thought some of them are Slitaz-specific, I'm gonna try them as soon as possible.

Thanks again :)

Hi

I did the following:
- Got the latest version of the package you told me about
- installed it and made sure it was installed
- edited Xorg.conf and changed 'vesa' to 'ati'
- started Slim, and my screen could not be detected
- startx, same problem

I managed to get the xorg.conf file:
================================================
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/X11/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "uk"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # []
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # []
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # []
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "Unknown Vendor"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
=============================================
Although it did not work, I learned many things in the process [ I learned how to use 'cp' command :D ]
Anyway, is there another way to solve this issue?
Thanks

This mailing list thread may help: http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/lists.tuxfamily.org/slitaz/2010/03/msg00008.html
Add the mode you want in modes sub-section

Hi

thanks for the link

Is there a possibility for future support for my VGA? I read that it is still new, that's why there are currently no available drivers for linux. If there is a possibility that it will be released some time soon, I think I can wait for it.

Thanks