> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: nbod...@speakeasy.net >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: New Lenny installation: 800 x 600 max on 21-inch CRT >monitor >Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:45:26 -0400 > >> >>I recently did an Internet installation of Lenny, and found a lot to >like, >>but the screen resolution is limited to 800 x 600 px max. Best guess >is >>that hardware detection doesn't recognize my monitor (although I had >much >>better luck with OpenSUSE). >> >>Monitor is DEC VRC-21WA, 21 inch, that can do 1600 x 1200; I have >been >>running at that res. as well as 1280 x 1024. It is apparently a >re-badged >>Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 21TX; one specific designation for that is >>THN9105SKTK. H range is 30-93 kHz, and V 50-152 Hz, or close. >> >>Machine is an eMachines T6532, AMD Athlon 64 @ 2.2 GHz, 1GB RAM >shared >>with video. Video is an NVidia chip no the motherboard -- GeForce >6100, >>almost sure. I just read through the [dmesg] log, and saw no >mentionof >>setting resolution. >> >>Trying to discover the appropriate config. file, it seems that >there's an >>entry called Screen in a file (sorry! Don't recall where!), and that >lists >>only 800 x 600. >> >>[/etc/X11/xorg.conf] doesn't seem to contain anything specific that >would >>help; it's almost a skeleton file. >> >>Synaptic did not list Krandr among the installable applications. >>[apt-get install krandr] didn't find it, although I might need to >include >>more repo's. From some reading online, I'm not sure it's compatible. >The >>graphic size/position utility in OpenSUSE didn't work, perhaps >because I'd >>installed NVidia driver[s]. >> >>Ctrl-Alt-{+|-} (possible bad syntax, there) seem to cycle through >four >>settings (but, where are its files?), two of them out of the >monitor's >>range. The two that do work are both 800 x 600, one at 60 Hz, the >other at >>56 Hz, apparently. The simple utility at System -> Prefs. -> Screen > >>Resolution offers only 800 x 600 (and nothing faster than 60 Hz, >>disappointing, knowing that V rate can be a lot higher). >> >>Needless to say, I'd dearly love to run with a higher resolution! >> >>I've also had a display area that's undersize, at higher >resolutions, but >>will ask for help if/when that happens. It seems to be caused by the > >>NVidia driver[s]. >> >>In general, Lenny is a joy! In many ways, I love it. >> >>Best regards, and many thanks for considering this message. >> >>-- >>Nicholas Bodley +|=|+ Waltham, Mass. >>Sent from Debian 'Lenny' using Opera >> When Lenny was installed it probably kept your old xorg.conf in the same directory as the new one with some other extension. Take a look. It may give you a clue or you may just decide to swap the old for the new. larry >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d >ebian.org >> >>
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