On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:48:47PM +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote: > >Johan Scheepers<johans...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > >>Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. > >>This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 > >>lspci | grep VGA > >>dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) > >That can't be right; are you mixing your commands and results? Try > >again, please: > > > > lspci | grep VGA > > > >and then > > > > xdpyinfo | grep dimensions > > > > > >>This is very nice. > >So what's actually the problem? > The problem is..: > In suse the resolotion is > > 1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) ** Good ** > > In debian squeeze it is > 800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters) ** Not so good ** > > > > >Chris > > > > > This now in debian squeeze..: > > r...@johan:/home/johan# lspci | grep VGA > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10)
You need to have xserver-xorg-video-sis installed --- I´d remove the other xserver-xorg-video-* packages. The "sis" has already been tried, though, as you can see in the logfile: (II) LoadModule: "sis" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation" Later it´s unloaded. It looks as if the xserver gets confused because it loads arbitrary modules and cannot figure out the capabilities of the screen: (II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz (II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using default vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x768" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (no mode of this name) (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz (II) VESA(0): <default monitor>: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x768" (hsync out of range) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800) (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "800x600" (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "640x480" (==) VESA(0): DPI set to (96, 96) So what happens when you purge all xserver-xorg-video-* packages except for xserver-xorg-video-sis? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101102204544.ge29...@yun.yagibdah.de