Indeed. As says 'man XF86Config-4' says, "The first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for startup".
Personally, with laptops, I give it no choice- just the native rez, since anything else looks crappy / is a waste. According to Trevor Pankonien, > Got it working after the reinstall and amazing how easy it was! just > had to add the 1024x768 BEFORE the other two options. I had tried a > similar approach but put it after the otehr two...lesson learned! > thanks for the help everyone! > > On 6/1/05, Trevor Pankonien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for all the help so far. I will give these ideas a try as soon > > as sarge is done reinstalling :) Otherwise, could it be that ubuntu > > uses Xorg and debian is not? if this is the case, what steps would i > > have to take to get xorg into debian > > Thanks > > Trevor > > > > On 6/1/05, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > According to Trevor Pankonien, > > > > I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working > > > > with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my > > > > laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my > > > > screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 notebook, which comes > > > > with the ATI mobility 345 video card. anyone run into a similar > > > > problem or anyone have any ideas that they think i might want to try? > > > > My monitor usually runs at 1024x768, with a refresh of 60Hz, at least > > > > thats what it was in Windoze. I set that during the initial install, > > > > but now on boot it only has options for 800x600 and whatever the one > > > > below that is (which makes my screen totally unreadable, with lines > > > > blasting back and forth across the screen) Ubuntu by default came up > > > > with the right settings, so i have never had this problem in the past. > > > > If i remember correctly suse didnt have a problem either..i would like > > > > to stay with debian if possible. But the monitor issue will have to be > > > > resolved. I did a slight amout of tinkering with > > > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but from fear of doin too much damage without > > > > knowing what i was doing i stopped. THanks for NE help in advance. > > > > > > There are a number of ways to get your XF86Config-4 to be > > > set to your preferred resolution (which on a laptop will > > > typically be the actual resolution of your screen). > > > > > > Do you know what that is? > > > > > > If it's 1024x768, you'd probably want your Modes lines to be > > > something like... > > > > > > Modes "1024x768" > > > > > > If you want to be able to backtrack, you can easily keep the > > > old line around with a hash mark to make it into a comment, > > > like so... > > > > > > #Modes "800x600" "640x480" > > > > > > You can see what resolution your monitor is in by typing > > > 'xwininfo -root'. I think xwininfo is in packages xutils. > > > > > > -- Tony Godshall > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]