Display/resolution problems
I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 notebook, which comes with the ATI mobility 345 video card. anyone run into a similar problem or anyone have any ideas that they think i might want to try? My monitor usually runs at 1024x768, with a refresh of 60Hz, at least thats what it was in Windoze. I set that during the initial install, but now on boot it only has options for 800x600 and whatever the one below that is (which makes my screen totally unreadable, with lines blasting back and forth across the screen) Ubuntu by default came up with the right settings, so i have never had this problem in the past. If i remember correctly suse didnt have a problem either..i would like to stay with debian if possible. But the monitor issue will have to be resolved. I did a slight amout of tinkering with /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but from fear of doin too much damage without knowing what i was doing i stopped. THanks for NE help in advance.
Re: Display/resolution problems
Thanks for all the help so far. I will give these ideas a try as soon as sarge is done reinstalling :) Otherwise, could it be that ubuntu uses Xorg and debian is not? if this is the case, what steps would i have to take to get xorg into debian Thanks Trevor On 6/1/05, Tony Godshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Trevor Pankonien, I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 notebook, which comes with the ATI mobility 345 video card. anyone run into a similar problem or anyone have any ideas that they think i might want to try? My monitor usually runs at 1024x768, with a refresh of 60Hz, at least thats what it was in Windoze. I set that during the initial install, but now on boot it only has options for 800x600 and whatever the one below that is (which makes my screen totally unreadable, with lines blasting back and forth across the screen) Ubuntu by default came up with the right settings, so i have never had this problem in the past. If i remember correctly suse didnt have a problem either..i would like to stay with debian if possible. But the monitor issue will have to be resolved. I did a slight amout of tinkering with /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but from fear of doin too much damage without knowing what i was doing i stopped. THanks for NE help in advance. There are a number of ways to get your XF86Config-4 to be set to your preferred resolution (which on a laptop will typically be the actual resolution of your screen). Do you know what that is? If it's 1024x768, you'd probably want your Modes lines to be something like... Modes 1024x768 If you want to be able to backtrack, you can easily keep the old line around with a hash mark to make it into a comment, like so... #Modes 800x600 640x480 You can see what resolution your monitor is in by typing 'xwininfo -root'. I think xwininfo is in packages xutils. -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Display/resolution problems
Got it working after the reinstall and amazing how easy it was! just had to add the 1024x768 BEFORE the other two options. I had tried a similar approach but put it after the otehr two...lesson learned! thanks for the help everyone! On 6/1/05, Trevor Pankonien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all the help so far. I will give these ideas a try as soon as sarge is done reinstalling :) Otherwise, could it be that ubuntu uses Xorg and debian is not? if this is the case, what steps would i have to take to get xorg into debian Thanks Trevor On 6/1/05, Tony Godshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Trevor Pankonien, I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 notebook, which comes with the ATI mobility 345 video card. anyone run into a similar problem or anyone have any ideas that they think i might want to try? My monitor usually runs at 1024x768, with a refresh of 60Hz, at least thats what it was in Windoze. I set that during the initial install, but now on boot it only has options for 800x600 and whatever the one below that is (which makes my screen totally unreadable, with lines blasting back and forth across the screen) Ubuntu by default came up with the right settings, so i have never had this problem in the past. If i remember correctly suse didnt have a problem either..i would like to stay with debian if possible. But the monitor issue will have to be resolved. I did a slight amout of tinkering with /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but from fear of doin too much damage without knowing what i was doing i stopped. THanks for NE help in advance. There are a number of ways to get your XF86Config-4 to be set to your preferred resolution (which on a laptop will typically be the actual resolution of your screen). Do you know what that is? If it's 1024x768, you'd probably want your Modes lines to be something like... Modes 1024x768 If you want to be able to backtrack, you can easily keep the old line around with a hash mark to make it into a comment, like so... #Modes 800x600 640x480 You can see what resolution your monitor is in by typing 'xwininfo -root'. I think xwininfo is in packages xutils. -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
