On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 20:47:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: >> >> xrandr believes VGA-1 is only capable of 1024x768. Why do you believe >> 1280x1024 is possible? > > 1. The monitor keeps telling me it works better at 1280x1024.
Mine has a button to press which tells me the optimum resolution and the one being used. > 2. ddcprobe gives several 1280x1024 choices. Yes. There is a direct connection between the monitor and the video adapter? >> vbe: VESA 3.0 detected. >> oem: >> vendor: NVIDIA Corporation >> product: CR17 Board Chip Rev A3 Which is just a different classification from the one in your first post, I expect. >> memory: 32768kb >> mode: 640x400x256 >> mode: 640x480x256 >> mode: 800x600x16 >> mode: 800x600x256 >> mode: 320x200x64k >> mode: 320x200x16m >> mode: 640x480x64k >> mode: 640x480x16m >> mode: 800x600x64k >> mode: 800x600x16m But the card doesn't do 1280x1024 or 1024x768. I wonder how trustworthy xresprobe is and what /var/log/Xorg.0.log says. The nouveau driver - have you tried it? No xorg.conf required. Move it out of the way if there is one and revert any changes you may have made to stop nouveau operating. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110702144042.GQ15615@desktop
