great to know that it worked!!!!
that's the spirit! =D
all the best!
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:24, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Felipe,
> After reading your previous email (regarding the monitor settings),
> I re-ran "dpkg-reconfigure xorg.conf", but this time I told it not
> to auto-configure the monitor. It asked me a few questions, and
> as a result the two lines you mention below (HorizSync/Vertrefresh)
> were generated. That did it!
> Thanks for your help.
> Ed
>
>
> Felipe Gallois wrote:
>
>> just a tip, i'm not pretty sure about how it works, but mybe it can help
>> you
>> adding monitor options in xorg.conf
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>> Identifier "My Monitor"
>> HorizSync 30-82
>> Vertrefresh 56-76
>> Modeline "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync
>> +VSync
>> EndSection
>>
>> i don't know what those parameters are exactly, so maybe taking some time
>> to understand it can help a bit =D
>> i'll be out for today, but when i'm back i'll get into it again ;)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:01, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Felipe,
>> > The only thing that I changed (in an attempt to fix this problem)
>> > from the orignal xorg.conf file was the default depth. I use 16
>> > (which is what is recommended for my monitor).
>> > Other than that, your example below is what I have in my xorg.conf.
>> > Regarding the monitor setup, yep, its set to 1280x1024.
>> >
>> > Everything else is doing quite well. I just have limited use of the
>> > console because various dialog boxes end up spanning outside my screen
>> space.
>> > Thanks, keep thinking ('cause I'm at a loss)! :-)
>> >
>> > Ed
>> >
>> > Felipe Gallois wrote:
>> >>
>> >> there are 2 things that i would ask first
>> >> 1. have you added the mode line in the subsection display? like
>> >>
>> >> Section "Screen"
>> >> ...
>> >> DefaultDepth 24
>> >> SubSection "Display"
>> >> Depth 24
>> >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>> >> EndSubSection
>> >> ...
>> >>
>> >> 2. is your monitor set correctly?
>> >> maybe you forgot to check it, which happens very often
>> >>
>> >> cheers!
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 16:12, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Felipe,
>> >> Thanks for responding...
>> >> It's using GLINT, which I believe is the one it
>> >> should be using. I even tried vesa, but that was
>> >> one of the cases where it wouldn't even come up.
>> >> Ed
>> >>
>> >> Felipe Gallois wrote:
>> >>
>> >> hello there,
>> >>
>> >> what driver is your xorg using?
>> >> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver
>> >>
>> >> if it is using vesa, then your card's driver is not being
>> loaded...
>> >> i can't count how many times this was the main problem for me
>> =)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 15:23, Ed Sutter
>> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>> >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:
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>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >> New to this list, and new to Debian. Just installed this
>> >> over top of
>> >> an old installation of RH9, which worked fine, just a bit
>> >> dated. My
>> >> machine is a K6-2, old but reliable.
>> >> I installed by creating a small install CD, booting from CD
>> >> and then
>> >> basically letting it do its thing for an hour downloading
>> >> stuff and
>> >> installing a fresh system. That all went well, I am able to
>> log
>> >> into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is
>> stuck at
>> >> 640x480.
>> >>
>> >> I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers
>> >> are sore.
>> >> All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>> >> either
>> >> manually
>> >> or by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. Then restart
>> gdm.
>> >>
>> >> Tried that several times, and I've gotten one of two results
>> >> each time:
>> >>
>> >> 1) either it has no effect at all or
>> >> 2) xserver won't even start up because its confused.
>> >>
>> >> Bottom line, is that I can't do much at the console with a
>> >> 640x480
>> >> resolution
>> >> because many of the dialog boxes span outside the window,
>> and
>> >> they
>> >> are not
>> >> moveable; hence, if I want to be able to use the GNOME
>> >> environment
>> >> fruitfully
>> >> I need to get the resolution up.
>> >>
>> >> I have a Permedia 2 graphics card and a Princeton 19" LCD
>> >> display.
>> >> The auto-detect
>> >> in xserver-xorg seems to find that ok. They're both capable
>> of
>> >> handling 1280x1024
>> >> and the xorg.conf file that is created by dpkg-reconfigure
>> >> xserver-xorg shows that
>> >> this resolution is possible.
>> >>
>> >> No matter what I do, I'm not able to get the screen
>> >> resolution up.
>> >> It appears that
>> >> it is just defaulting to the bare minimum resolution for
>> some
>> >> reason, but as far as
>> >> I can tell, the card and monitor are properly being
>> detected.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone have any ideas?
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Ed
>> >>
>> >>
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