I reconfigured xorg.conf according to bgoglin's blog entries - but it still doesn't look that good:
Looks like I now have an 2048x1024 screen on my 1280x1024 display -- actual xorg.conf -- # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" # Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" # Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "RandR" "on" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Display 0" # 1280x1024 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 80.17 kHz; pclk: 138.54 MHz Modeline "1280x1024_75.00" 138.54 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1069 -HSync +Vsync Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_75.00" # # HorizSync 30 - 82 # VertRefresh 56-76 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP, Screen 0" Driver "mga" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # Screen 0 Option "hwcursor" "off" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 0" Device "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP, Screen 0" Monitor "Display 0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 # Modes "1280x1024" Virtual 2048 2048 EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Xinerama Layout" Screen "Screen 0" 0 0 # Screen "Screen 1" RightOf "Screen 0" Option "Xinerama" "on" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]