Re: Screen resolution during Stretch installation

[Étienne Mollier]

On 3/1/19 4:20 PM, Fabiano Ferronato wrote:
> I'm installing Debian in my Asus ROG GL552VW laptop (Intel and
> Nvidia video cards) and the resolution (probably 3840x2160)is
> set in a way  that the font size is so small that I have to
> almost  put my face on the monitor so I can read. And the
> windows size is also larger than the monitor area, so I can't
> see the buttons. I can complete the installation either way,
> but I want to know why this is happening and how to solve
> this.
[...]
> Where I can change the screen resolution during (or before)
> install?

Good Day,

In the Grub menu, where you are prompted to choose between
Graphical install, Install, and so on, you can hit 'e' to edit
the Grub entry and prepend the line:

set gfxpayload=keep

Then hit 'F10' to proceed to the installation.

This will conserve the resolution used by this menu, which
should be readable, contrary to the following steps.  Other
values should be possible if you want a better, still readable,
resolution:

set gfxpayload=1280x1024x32

This may answer at least the first question, hopefully.

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Re: Screen resolution during Stretch installation

[Pascal Hambourg]

Le 01/03/2019 à 18:30, Felix Miata a écrit :


Including either nomodeset or nouveau.modeset=0 for installation


is pointless, since the installer does not use KMS.


Another key is the i7-6700HQ provides HD 530 Intel video. Intel + NVidia 
usually equates to
"Optimus"


which makes nouveau.modeset=0 even more pointless, since only the Intel 
GPU drives the video outputs and may use KMS.

Re: Screen resolution during Stretch installation

[Felix Miata]

Fabiano Ferronato composed on 2019-03-01 16:20 (UTC+0100):

> I don't know if this is the wright place to ask, but I'm searching a lot
> trying to find a way to this problem.
> I'm installing Debian in my Asus ROG GL552VW laptop (Intel and Nvidia video
> cards) and the resolution (probably 3840x2160)is set in a way  that the
> font size is so small that I have to almost  put my face on the monitor so
> I can read. And the windows size is also larger than the monitor area, so I
> can't see the buttons. I can complete the installation either way, but I
> want to know why this is happening and how to solve this.
> After OS install, I try to follow Debian instructions to install Nvidia
> drivers. But I'm following every tutorial and ending up with a broken
> installation.

> So, my questions:
> Where I can change the screen resolution during (or before) install?
> After install, resolution is still wrong. How can I set OS resolution
> during install?

An alternative suggestion to Curt's is to utilize the kernel's KMS. Curt's 
suggestion included
disabling KMS with either the nomodeset or nouveau.modeset=0 string on the 
installer's cmdline.
Including video=2560x1440 or video=1920x1080 should increase the font sizes 
without disabling KMS.

Including either nomodeset or nouveau.modeset=0 for installation generally 
means its included in
/etc/default/grub and /boot/grub/grub.cfg on the installed system, continuing 
KMS blockage, and
making video performance suffer greatly. Both are intended as troubleshooting 
workarounds, though
traditionally, non-FOSS drivers have required disabling KMS full time.

Another key is the i7-6700HQ provides HD 530 Intel video. Intel + NVidia 
usually equates to
"Optimus", which generally means a requirement to follow special instructions 
for installing either
OS or NVidia drivers. These you can find by using Optimus, Prime and Bumblebee 
as search keywords.
Optimus instructions on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Optimus are 
reputedly very good, in
case any you find for Debian seem inadequate to task.

Note too that there are three potentially competent DDX drivers for NVidia, the 
non-FOSS from
NVidia, plus the two from Xorg, nouveau and modesetting. The newer technology 
modesetting is the
upstream default, included in the server package since 4 years ago, but most 
installations manage
to override it by installing all optional DDX drivers via virtual (meta) 
package, including
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau. BTW, upstream's name for DDX drivers takes the form
xf86-video-, helpful to know in evaluating search results.

Having the nouveau DDX installed blocks the modesetting DDX unless explicitly 
configured not to via
/etc/X11/xorg.conf*. IOW, if you purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, or 
explicitly configure its use,
before installing NVidia drivers, you get an opportunity to test whether you 
even need to add the
non-FOSS DDX.
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Re: Screen resolution during Stretch installation

[Curt]

On 2019-03-01, Fabiano Ferronato  wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I don't know if this is the wright place to ask, but I'm searching a lot
> trying to find a way to this problem.
> I'm installing Debian in my Asus ROG GL552VW laptop (Intel and Nvidia video
> cards) and the resolution (probably 3840x2160)is set in a way  that the
> font size is so small that I have to almost  put my face on the monitor so
> I can read. And the windows size is also larger than the monitor area, so I
> can't see the buttons. I can complete the installation either way, but I
> want to know why this is happening and how to solve this.
> After OS install, I try to follow Debian instructions to install Nvidia
> drivers. But I'm following every tutorial and ending up with a broken
> installation.
>

This reddit thread I stumbled on seems pertinent to your case:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/8f9slp/cant_install_any_linux_distro_on_my_asus_rog/

Apparently the key is to set the "nomodeset" boot parameter at the boot
prompt. 


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Re: Screen resolution in Jessie (Solved)

[Gary Roach]

On 04/30/2015 05:47 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:22:43PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote:

On 04/29/2015 09:47 AM, Michael Biebl wrote:

Am 29.04.2015 um 18:28 schrieb Gary Roach:

I just upgraded to Jessie with no problems. I use a 24" 16x9 monitor.
With wheezy, there was a 1920 x 1080? mode that gave the correct aspect
ratio for the 16x9 screens. Jessie seems to only have the 4x3 1600x1200
mode. All of my circles are now elipses. Is there a solution to this
problem. Is there a different driver out there. I'm using the on board
video card  on my Intel DP55KG mother board. I am certain that I didn't
have this problem with Wheezy.

Does /var/log/Xorg.0.log contain any warnings or errors?
I assume you use the "intel" driver? Is xserver-xorg-video-intel
correctly installed?

What does xrandr -q say?



OK xrandr -v -q gives:

xrandr program version   1.4.2
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1600x1200  0.00*
1280x1024  0.00
1280x960   0.00
1024x768   0.00
800x6000.00
640x4800.00

No 1920 x ? shows up. I re-installed xserver-xorg-video-intel using
Aptitude. Nothing changed.

[27.140] (II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 256 64KB banks (16384kB)

You have two problems:

1. You are using the VESA driver instead of the intel driver.
Change this by creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf and specifying the
intel driver. Here's a skeleton:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

ection "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver  "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "auto"
Option  "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName"Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Card0"
Driver  "intel"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor"Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection



2. (After you solve 1, this may go away) Your monitor's EDID
information is not being picked up or interpreted properly by
the card/driver. You should be able to override it with
something like this:

xrandr --output VGA1 --addmode 1920x1080
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1080

-dsr-


Thank you everyone for the help. Dan, you finally tipped me to the real 
problem. There was no xorg.conf file in my system. After further 
reading, I learned that X doesn't use a configuration file any longer 
but generates one on the fly by probing the hardware on boot up. A 
configuration file is only needed if something strange is required. So I 
rebooted  my system and watched the boot messages very carefully ( some 
way to capture these - the real early ones - would be nice). An error 
message showed up saying that a firmware package for radeon 5400 series 
chip set was missing. With more digging around I found that when l did 
an -  apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree xserver-xorg-video-radeon - 
and reboot the system the correct driver loaded. No more problem.


My wifes computer is the same  but her 4:3 screen doesn't show the 
problem, I may fix it anyway.


I wouldn't be surprised if there a lot of users out there that have the 
same problem but haven't detected it.


Gary R.


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Re: Screen resolution in Jessie

[Dan Ritter]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:22:43PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
> On 04/29/2015 09:47 AM, Michael Biebl wrote:
> >Am 29.04.2015 um 18:28 schrieb Gary Roach:
> >>I just upgraded to Jessie with no problems. I use a 24" 16x9 monitor.
> >>With wheezy, there was a 1920 x 1080? mode that gave the correct aspect
> >>ratio for the 16x9 screens. Jessie seems to only have the 4x3 1600x1200
> >>mode. All of my circles are now elipses. Is there a solution to this
> >>problem. Is there a different driver out there. I'm using the on board
> >>video card  on my Intel DP55KG mother board. I am certain that I didn't
> >>have this problem with Wheezy.
> >Does /var/log/Xorg.0.log contain any warnings or errors?
> >I assume you use the "intel" driver? Is xserver-xorg-video-intel
> >correctly installed?
> >
> >What does xrandr -q say?
> >
> >
> OK xrandr -v -q gives:
> 
> xrandr program version   1.4.2
> xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
> default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>1600x1200  0.00*
>1280x1024  0.00
>1280x960   0.00
>1024x768   0.00
>800x6000.00
>640x4800.00
> 
> No 1920 x ? shows up. I re-installed xserver-xorg-video-intel using
> Aptitude. Nothing changed.
> 
> [27.140] (II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 256 64KB banks (16384kB)

You have two problems:

1. You are using the VESA driver instead of the intel driver.
Change this by creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf and specifying the
intel driver. Here's a skeleton:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

ection "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver  "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "auto"
Option  "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName"Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Card0"
Driver  "intel"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor"Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection



2. (After you solve 1, this may go away) Your monitor's EDID
information is not being picked up or interpreted properly by
the card/driver. You should be able to override it with
something like this:

xrandr --output VGA1 --addmode 1920x1080
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1080

-dsr-


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Re: Screen resolution in Jessie

[Michael Biebl]

Am 29.04.2015 um 21:22 schrieb Gary Roach:
> [27.621] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
> [27.638] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
> [29.297] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
> [29.297] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0

I don't see a message about the intel driver being loaded and used
successfully, only this error message.

Can you provide the full Xorg.0.log somewhere?


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Re: Screen resolution in Jessie

[Gary Roach]

On 04/29/2015 09:47 AM, Michael Biebl wrote:

Am 29.04.2015 um 18:28 schrieb Gary Roach:

I just upgraded to Jessie with no problems. I use a 24" 16x9 monitor.
With wheezy, there was a 1920 x 1080? mode that gave the correct aspect
ratio for the 16x9 screens. Jessie seems to only have the 4x3 1600x1200
mode. All of my circles are now elipses. Is there a solution to this
problem. Is there a different driver out there. I'm using the on board
video card  on my Intel DP55KG mother board. I am certain that I didn't
have this problem with Wheezy.

Does /var/log/Xorg.0.log contain any warnings or errors?
I assume you use the "intel" driver? Is xserver-xorg-video-intel
correctly installed?

What does xrandr -q say?



OK xrandr -v -q gives:

xrandr program version   1.4.2
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1600x1200  0.00*
   1280x1024  0.00
   1280x960   0.00
   1024x768   0.00
   800x6000.00
   640x4800.00

No 1920 x ? shows up. I re-installed xserver-xorg-video-intel using 
Aptitude. Nothing changed.


There were no warnings or errors in the Xorg.0.log but I did find the 
following:

//(I noticed that it got the screen size right, 520, 320 mm)

[27.140] (II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 256 64KB banks (16384kB)
[27.140] (II) VESA(0): : Using hsync range of 
30.00-83.00 kHz
[27.140] (II) VESA(0): : Using vrefresh range of 
50.00-61.00 Hz
[27.140] (II) VESA(0): : Using maximum pixel clock 
of 175.00 MHz

[27.140] (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size
[27.140] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1920x1440" (no mode 
of this name)
[27.140] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1856x1392" (no mode 
of this name)
[27.140] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1792x1344" (no mode 
of this name)
[27.140] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1400x1050" (no mode 
of this name)
[27.141] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1152x864" (no mode 
of this name)
[27.141] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "720x400" (no mode of 
this name)
[27.141] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x350" (no mode of 
this name)
[27.141] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "512x384" (no mode of 
this name)
[27.141] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x240" (no mode of 
this name)
[27.141] (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (no mode of 
this name)

[27.141] (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 1600x1200 (pitch 1600)
[27.141] (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "1600x1200"
[27.141] (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "1280x1024"
[27.141] (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "1280x960"
[27.141] (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "1024x768"
[27.141] (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "800x600"
[27.141] (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "640x480"
*[27.141] (**) VESA(0): Display dimensions: (520, 320) mm*
[27.141] (**) VESA(0): DPI set to (78, 95)
[27.141] (**) VESA(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer"
[27.141] (II) Loading sub module "shadow"
[27.141] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[27.141] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
[27.247] (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[27.247]compiled for 1.16.4, module version = 1.1.0
[27.247]ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[27.247] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[27.247] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[27.247] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[27.324] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[27.324]compiled for 1.16.4, module version = 1.0.0
[27.324]ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[27.324] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[27.324] (II) Loading sub module "int10"
[27.324] (II) LoadModule: "int10"
[27.324] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
[27.324] (II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[27.324]compiled for 1.16.4, module version = 1.0.0
[27.324]ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): initializing int10
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 12.16
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI 
Technologies Inc.

[27.324] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: CEDAR
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
[27.324] (II) VESA(0): virtual address = 0x7f66a9821000,
physical address = 0xe000, size = 16777216
[27.337] (II) VESA(0): Setting up VESA Mode 0x176 (1600x1200)
[27.337] (II) VESA(0): VBESetVBEMode failed, mode set without 
customized refresh.

[27.451] (==) VESA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[27.516] (==) VE

Re: Screen resolution in Jessie

[Frank Miles]

On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:30:03 +0200, Gary Roach wrote:

> I just upgraded to Jessie with no problems. I use a 24" 16x9 monitor. 
> With wheezy, there was a 1920 x 1080? mode that gave the correct aspect 
> ratio for the 16x9 screens. Jessie seems to only have the 4x3 1600x1200 
> mode. All of my circles are now elipses. Is there a solution to this 
> problem. Is there a different driver out there. I'm using the on board 
> video card  on my Intel DP55KG mother board. I am certain that I didn't 
> have this problem with Wheezy.
> 
> Gary R.

My 1920 x 1200 is working fine using the on-chip Intel video system and Jessie.
Never tried the x1080.

Can you alter the configuration using xrandr ?

HTH..


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Re: Screen resolution in Jessie

[Michael Biebl]

Am 29.04.2015 um 18:28 schrieb Gary Roach:
> I just upgraded to Jessie with no problems. I use a 24" 16x9 monitor.
> With wheezy, there was a 1920 x 1080? mode that gave the correct aspect
> ratio for the 16x9 screens. Jessie seems to only have the 4x3 1600x1200
> mode. All of my circles are now elipses. Is there a solution to this
> problem. Is there a different driver out there. I'm using the on board
> video card  on my Intel DP55KG mother board. I am certain that I didn't
> have this problem with Wheezy.

Does /var/log/Xorg.0.log contain any warnings or errors?
I assume you use the "intel" driver? Is xserver-xorg-video-intel
correctly installed?

What does xrandr -q say?


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Re: Screen resolution

[debian]

On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 01:11:37 +
Brian  wrote:

> On Sat 07 Jan 2012 at 11:49:08 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> 
> > Did you try without the Modeline? As far as I know X should be able
> > to compute it based on HorizSync, VertRefresh and Modes.
> 
> X may indeed do this but, after commenting out Modeline, the best it
> could offer was 1024x768.
> 
> > Also, it might be interesting to pass DisplaySize so that DPI is 
> > correct.
> 
> Nothing doing here, either.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions; they did as an incentive to review what I
> did a couple of years ago but using a Modeline does appear to be my
> only solution. No EDID information is available, by the way, because
> there is an ancient KVM between the machines and the monitor.

Try without the "ancient KVM"?

I've been plagued with similar problems for years.  A couple of days
ago, in a uncharacteristic flash of clarity, I finally solved it by
switching to a shorter VGA cable.  Apparently the old cable (actually a
short cable and an extension) exceeded the allowable noise threshold.

Since switching... no more problems with monitor misconfiguration.

jeff


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Re: Screen resolution

[Brian]

On Sat 07 Jan 2012 at 11:49:08 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:

> Did you try without the Modeline? As far as I know X should be able to 
> compute it based on HorizSync, VertRefresh and Modes.

X may indeed do this but, after commenting out Modeline, the best it
could offer was 1024x768.

> Also, it might be interesting to pass DisplaySize so that DPI is 
> correct.

Nothing doing here, either.

Thanks for the suggestions; they did as an incentive to review what I
did a couple of years ago but using a Modeline does appear to be my only
solution. No EDID information is available, by the way, because there is
an ancient KVM between the machines and the monitor.


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Re: Screen resolution

[Camaleón]

On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:37:01 +, Andrew Wood wrote:

> On 06/01/12 18:21, Camaleón wrote:
>> Yup, you have to add the unexistant mode before you can use it :-)
>> Steps are detailed at "Adding undetected resolutions" section.
>> Greetings,
> 
> OK, in an ideal world though shouldnt the board 'announce' that it
> supports that mode when probed?

Sure, Xorg has to handle this automatically. But of course something went 
wrong within your setup (monitor, VGA card, intel driver...) and it 
failed so you have to manually solve the issue. 

Afterwards, you can go to Debian BTS and report it to find out the 
culprit.

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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrei Popescu]

On Vi, 06 ian 12, 23:28:07, Brian wrote:
> 
> I'll not bore you with why it happens but the EDID data are not passed to
> X on a couple of my machines, My xorg.conf is usually non-existent but
> in this case I have:
> 
>Section "Monitor"
>Identifier   "1905FP"
>Modeline "1280x1024"  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  1024 1027 1034 1063 
> -hsync +vsync
>HorizSync 30-81
>VertRefresh   56-76
>EndSection
> 
>Section "Screen"
>Identifier"Default Screen"
>Monitor   "1905FP"
>DefaultDepth   16
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth  16
>Modes "1280x1024"
>EndSubSection
>EndSection
> 
> Modeline is computed using 'cvt 1280 1024'.

Did you try without the Modeline? As far as I know X should be able to 
compute it based on HorizSync, VertRefresh and Modes.
Also, it might be interesting to pass DisplaySize so that DPI is 
correct.

Kind regards,
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Re: Screen resolution

[Brian]

On Fri 06 Jan 2012 at 18:37:01 +, Andrew Wood wrote:

> OK, in an ideal world though shouldnt the board 'announce' that it  
> supports that mode when probed?

I think X can only work with what it is given. If the monitor fails for
some reason to impart information X's idea of what is possible is bound
to be incomplete. xrandr will display what it thinks it can do based on
what it knows, so, as has been pointed out, if it is lacking in knowledge
of what is possible you will have to tell it.

I'll not bore you with why it happens but the EDID data are not passed to
X on a couple of my machines, My xorg.conf is usually non-existent but
in this case I have:

   Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "1905FP"
   Modeline "1280x1024"  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  1024 1027 1034 1063 
-hsync +vsync
   HorizSync 30-81
   VertRefresh   56-76
   EndSection

   Section "Screen"
   Identifier"Default Screen"
   Monitor   "1905FP"
   DefaultDepth   16
   SubSection "Display"
   Depth  16
   Modes "1280x1024"
   EndSubSection
   EndSection

Modeline is computed using 'cvt 1280 1024'.



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Re: Screen resolution

[Jochen Spieker]

Andrew Wood:
> On 06/01/12 18:21, Camaleón wrote:
>> Yup, you have to add the unexistant mode before you can use it :-)
>> Steps are detailed at "Adding undetected resolutions" section.
>> Greetings,
> 
> OK, in an ideal world though shouldnt the board 'announce' that it
> supports that mode when probed?

Yes, that's what your broken EDID should do instead of delivering
zeroes.

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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

On 06/01/12 18:21, Camaleón wrote:
Yup, you have to add the unexistant mode before you can use it :-) 
Steps are detailed at "Adding undetected resolutions" section. Greetings, 


OK, in an ideal world though shouldnt the board 'announce' that it 
supports that mode when probed?



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Re: Screen resolution

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On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:42:37 +, Andrew Wood wrote:

> On 06/01/12 16:59, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:59:45 +, Andrew Wood wrote:
>>
>>> Ive got an LCD screen whose native resolution is 1440x900 yet i can
>>> only get Wheezy to display 1024x768. No higher resolution is listed in
>>> System Settings. How do I enable a higher resolution please?
>> What's the output of "xrandr"?
>>
>> You can try to manually add the desired resolution from there (using
>> xrandr). Here is a good doc, although it can be a bit oudated, YMMV:
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution#Adding_undetected_resolutions

> Thanks guys, xrandr gives:
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096
> VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 0mm x 0mm
> 1024x768   60.0*
> 800x60060.3 56.2
> 848x48060.0
> 640x48059.9
> DVI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) TV1
> disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 
> 
> using the Ubuntu wiki instructions I then tried:
> 
> xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1440x900
> 
> and got:
> 
> xrandr: cannot find mode 1440x900

Yup, you have to add the unexistant mode before you can use it :-)

Steps are detailed at "Adding undetected resolutions" section.

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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

Thanks guys, xrandr gives:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 
0mm x 0mm

   1024x768   60.0*
   800x60060.3 56.2
   848x48060.0
   640x48059.9
DVI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
TV1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)


using the Ubuntu wiki instructions I then tried:

xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1440x900

and got:

xrandr: cannot find mode 1440x900

On 06/01/12 16:59, Camaleón wrote:

On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:59:45 +, Andrew Wood wrote:


Ive got an LCD screen whose native resolution is 1440x900 yet i can only
get Wheezy to display 1024x768. No higher resolution is listed in System
Settings. How do I enable a higher resolution please?

What's the output of "xrandr"?

You can try to manually add the desired resolution from there (using
xrandr). Here is a good doc, although it can be a bit oudated, YMMV:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution#Adding_undetected_resolutions

Greetings,




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Re: Screen resolution

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On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:59:45 +, Andrew Wood wrote:

> Ive got an LCD screen whose native resolution is 1440x900 yet i can only
> get Wheezy to display 1024x768. No higher resolution is listed in System
> Settings. How do I enable a higher resolution please?

What's the output of "xrandr"?

You can try to manually add the desired resolution from there (using 
xrandr). Here is a good doc, although it can be a bit oudated, YMMV:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution#Adding_undetected_resolutions

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Re: Screen resolution

[Johann Klammer]

Andrew Wood wrote:

Hi Kevin


yes the xserver-xorg-video-intel package is installed. how do i check
which driver is actually being used? one strange thing is that the
kernel is printing out the following to the console, not sure what it
means, could it be a fault with the controller board in the LCD?

353.942420] i915 :00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID block 0 invalid.
[ 363.669312] Raw EDID:
[ 363.669327] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 363.669335] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 363.669343] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 363.669350] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 363.669357] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 363.669364] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 363.669371] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 363.669378] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 363.669392] i915 :00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID block 0 invalid.


On 06/01/12 00:59, Kevin Ross wrote:


EDID is the mechanism by which the display notifies the Gfx Card
of it's Capabilities(Resolution etc).
The message above may either be caused by your display not supplying 
this information, or it is querying the wrong output. VGA instead of 
DVI. In the latter case, it may not be significant at all.



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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

You can tell by looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  If after looking at 
the log file, the problem isn't readily apparent, post the contents 
here, and someone should be able to figure out what's wrong.


-- Kevin



The pertinent contents of the log seem to be as follows. Im not sure how 
it works. It seems to probe the monitor to see what resolutions it 
supports. Should the controller board in the LCD therefore have a list 
of supported resolutions on it which it reports back to X?


Im using a controller board from LCDparts.net  They claim to have 
programmed it for this screen and that if it wasnt programmed correctly 
I wouldnt get any image at all and therefore its an OS problem but Im 
not convinced.


Thanks for all your help so far!

[   328.489] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[   328.489] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[   328.489] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[   328.489] (**) |   |-->Monitor ""
[   328.491] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[   328.491] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   328.491] (==) Automatically enabling devices

[some lines cut out]


[   328.761] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[   328.763] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[   328.815] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   328.815] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 0.4.2
[   328.815] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[   328.816] (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: 
i810,

i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,
965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,
4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale,
Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Sandybridge Desktop (GT2),
Sandybridge Desktop (GT2+), Sandybridge Mobile (GT1),
Sandybridge Mobile (GT2), Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+),
Sandybridge Server, Ivybridge Mobile (GT1), Ivybridge Mobile (GT2),
Ivybridge Desktop (GT1), Ivybridge Desktop (GT2), Ivybridge Server
[   328.824] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[   328.824] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[   328.824] (++) using VT number 7

[   328.911] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[   328.912] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[   328.912] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[   328.912] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[   328.912] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[   328.913] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[   329.158] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   329.158] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 0.0.2
[   329.158] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[   329.159] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[   329.159] drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
[   329.159] drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci::00:02.0
[   329.159] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[   329.160] drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
[   329.160] drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9
[   329.160] drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci::00:02.0
[   329.160] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in 
Screen sectio

n
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[   329.160] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[   329.160] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[   329.160] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[   329.161] (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 945GME
[   329.161] (--) intel(0): Chipset: "945GME"
[   329.161] (**) intel(0): Relaxed fencing disabled
[   329.161] (**) intel(0): Wait on SwapBuffers? enabled
[   329.161] (**) intel(0): Triple buffering? enabled
[   329.161] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled
[   329.161] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled
[   329.161] (**) intel(0): 3D buffers tiled
[   329.161] (**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled
[   329.162] (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
[   329.230] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[   329.247] (II) intel(0): Output DVI1 has no monitor section
[   329.610] (II) intel(0): Output TV1 has no monitor section
[   329.686] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1
[   329.686] (II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA1
[   329.686] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 
1184 134

4  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
[   329.687] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 
1056  6

00 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[   329.687] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 
1024  6

00 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
[   329.687] (II) intel(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0   33.75  848 864 976 
1088  4

80 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz)
[   329.687] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 
800  48

0 489 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5

Re: Screen resolution

[Andrei Popescu]

On Vi, 06 ian 12, 02:31:17, Andrew Wood wrote:
> Hi Kevin
> 
> 
> yes the xserver-xorg-video-intel package is installed. how do i
> check which driver is actually being used? one strange thing is that
> the kernel is printing out the following to the console, not sure
> what it means, could it be a fault with the controller board in the
> LCD?

I've had issues with EDID in the past when using too long monitor cable. 
Try using a short and known-good cable. If this doesn't work either you 
can try replacing/fixing the monitor (it helps if it is still under 
warranty) or just hardcode the monitor capabilities in xorg.conf (you 
will need some specs out of the user manual or the internet).

Hope this helps,
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Re: Screen resolution

[Kevin Ross]

On 01/05/2012 06:31 PM, Andrew Wood wrote:

Hi Kevin


yes the xserver-xorg-video-intel package is installed. how do i check 
which driver is actually being used? one strange thing is that the 
kernel is printing out the following to the console, not sure what it 
means, could it be a fault with the controller board in the LCD?


 353.942420] i915 :00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID block 0 invalid.
[  363.669312] Raw EDID:
[  363.669327]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669335]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669343]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669350]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669357]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669364]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669371]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669378]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669392] i915 :00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID block 0 invalid.



You can tell by looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  If after looking at the 
log file, the problem isn't readily apparent, post the contents here, 
and someone should be able to figure out what's wrong.


-- Kevin



On 06/01/12 00:59, Kevin Ross wrote:


I also have an Intel 945GM graphics chip in my laptop.  Works fine 
for me on Wheezy.  Sounds like you're running the VESA (generic) 
graphics driver instead of the Intel one.  Do you have 
xserver-xorg-video-intel installed?  Also, if you have an 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file, rename it to something else, and try 
restarting X.


Hope this helps!
-- Kevin








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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

Hi Kevin


yes the xserver-xorg-video-intel package is installed. how do i check 
which driver is actually being used? one strange thing is that the 
kernel is printing out the following to the console, not sure what it 
means, could it be a fault with the controller board in the LCD?


 353.942420] i915 :00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID block 0 invalid.
[  363.669312] Raw EDID:
[  363.669327]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669335]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669343]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669350]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669357]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669364]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669371]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669378]  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[  363.669392] i915 :00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID block 0 invalid.


On 06/01/12 00:59, Kevin Ross wrote:


I also have an Intel 945GM graphics chip in my laptop.  Works fine for 
me on Wheezy.  Sounds like you're running the VESA (generic) graphics 
driver instead of the Intel one.  Do you have xserver-xorg-video-intel 
installed?  Also, if you have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, rename it to 
something else, and try restarting X.


Hope this helps!
-- Kevin





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Re: Screen resolution

[Kevin Ross]

On 01/05/2012 04:30 PM, Andrew Wood wrote:

Hi Bob

lspci gives:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME 
Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)





I also have an Intel 945GM graphics chip in my laptop.  Works fine for 
me on Wheezy.  Sounds like you're running the VESA (generic) graphics 
driver instead of the Intel one.  Do you have xserver-xorg-video-intel 
installed?  Also, if you have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, rename it to 
something else, and try restarting X.


Hope this helps!
-- Kevin


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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

Hi Bob

lspci gives:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME 
Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)




On 06/01/12 00:23, Bob Proulx wrote:

Andrew Wood wrote:

Ive got an LCD screen whose native resolution is 1440x900 yet i can
only get Wheezy to display 1024x768. No higher resolution is listed
in System Settings. How do I enable a higher resolution please?

This is probably an issue of your graphics card rather than the
display itself.  Please furnish information about what graphics card
is in your system.  You can use the output of the lspci command to
find this.

On my system, for example:

   $ lspci | grep VGA
   00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Bob



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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

Hi Bob

lspci gives:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME 
Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)




On 06/01/12 00:23, Bob Proulx wrote:

Andrew Wood wrote:

Ive got an LCD screen whose native resolution is 1440x900 yet i can
only get Wheezy to display 1024x768. No higher resolution is listed
in System Settings. How do I enable a higher resolution please?

This is probably an issue of your graphics card rather than the
display itself.  Please furnish information about what graphics card
is in your system.  You can use the output of the lspci command to
find this.

On my system, for example:

   $ lspci | grep VGA
   00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Bob



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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

Hi Bob

lspci gives:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME 
Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)




On 06/01/12 00:23, Bob Proulx wrote:

Andrew Wood wrote:

Ive got an LCD screen whose native resolution is 1440x900 yet i can
only get Wheezy to display 1024x768. No higher resolution is listed
in System Settings. How do I enable a higher resolution please?

This is probably an issue of your graphics card rather than the
display itself.  Please furnish information about what graphics card
is in your system.  You can use the output of the lspci command to
find this.

On my system, for example:

   $ lspci | grep VGA
   00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Bob



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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

Hi Bob

lspci gives:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME 
Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)




On 06/01/12 00:23, Bob Proulx wrote:

Andrew Wood wrote:

Ive got an LCD screen whose native resolution is 1440x900 yet i can
only get Wheezy to display 1024x768. No higher resolution is listed
in System Settings. How do I enable a higher resolution please?

This is probably an issue of your graphics card rather than the
display itself.  Please furnish information about what graphics card
is in your system.  You can use the output of the lspci command to
find this.

On my system, for example:

   $ lspci | grep VGA
   00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Bob



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Re: Screen resolution

[Andrew Wood]

Sorry. should also have added the graphics chipset is an intel gma 950 
integrated onto an atom itx motherboard.



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Re: Screen resolution

[Bob Proulx]

Andrew Wood wrote:
> Ive got an LCD screen whose native resolution is 1440x900 yet i can
> only get Wheezy to display 1024x768. No higher resolution is listed
> in System Settings. How do I enable a higher resolution please?

This is probably an issue of your graphics card rather than the
display itself.  Please furnish information about what graphics card
is in your system.  You can use the output of the lspci command to
find this.

On my system, for example:

  $ lspci | grep VGA
  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset 
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Bob


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Re: screen resolution in Squeeze?

[Andrei Popescu]

On Vi, 18 feb 11, 22:49:22, Jeffrin Jose wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 05:16:06PM +0100, Lars Nielsen wrote:
> > I have just installed squeeze and it seems to work fine. But my screen
> > resolution is to low! I have a 24" wide screen and I can "only" set the
> > resolution to 1280x1024. Where or how do I get the right resolution on
> > 1920x1080 ?
> 
> You can edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Scroll
> down to the "Screen" section and change to your
> desired resolution. Also check if  you have the
> correct driver installed for your display card.

Squeeze does not have a xorg.conf file by default.

Regards,
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Re: screen resolution in Squeeze?

[Dr. Ed Morbius]

on 17:16 Fri 18 Feb, Lars Nielsen (l...@lfweb.dk) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed squeeze and it seems to work fine. But my screen
> resolution is to low! I have a 24" wide screen and I can "only" set the
> resolution to 1280x1024. Where or how do I get the right resolution on
> 1920x1080 ?

First:  video hardware?  Which driver are you using?

Second:  try xrandr.  Running it should show available modes, and you
can often switch interactively to the mode you want.  I'd do that
/before/ mucking with /etc/X11/xorg.conf

If that doesn't work, attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log to your next followup.

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Re: screen resolution in Squeeze?

[Camaleón]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:16:06 +0100, Lars Nielsen wrote:

> I have just installed squeeze and it seems to work fine. But my screen
> resolution is to low! I have a 24" wide screen and I can "only" set the
> resolution to 1280x1024. Where or how do I get the right resolution on
> 1920x1080 ?

First, ensure the VGA driver you are loading is the right one ("grep -i 
gpu /var/log/Xorg.0.log" will tell).

If all is right ("right"= you are loading the proper driver for your 
card), run "xrandr" and put here the ouput.

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Re: screen resolution in Squeeze?

[Jeffrin Jose]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 05:16:06PM +0100, Lars Nielsen wrote:
> I have just installed squeeze and it seems to work fine. But my screen
> resolution is to low! I have a 24" wide screen and I can "only" set the
> resolution to 1280x1024. Where or how do I get the right resolution on
> 1920x1080 ?

You can edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Scroll
down to the "Screen" section and change to your
desired resolution. Also check if  you have the
correct driver installed for your display card.

/Jeffrin.

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Re: Screen resolution

[Camaleón]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:18:27 +0100, Andreas wrote:

(...)

> How can I tell the X11 server that is connected to a monitor that
> supports up to 1620x1200?

Maybe your D-Sub 15 to BNC cable adapter is no capable of doing an auto-
detection for the available resolutions :-?

If you are sure that you monitor can handle a 1600x1200 resolution while  
using BNC inputs, you can try to set it in your "/etc/xorg.conf file".

III.5. Forcing a preferred mode
http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12

You can also test/query your monitor with xrandr on-the-fly settings.

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Re: Screen Resolution

[Aneurin Price]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Koh Choon Lin  wrote:
>>> I am using ATI Mobility Radeon, normally I would be using the vesa
>>> driver at 1280x1024. Its now at 1024x768 and GNOME doesn't offer any
>>> higher while my xorg.conf has no info at all.
>>>
>>
>> So are you using the binary driver? I think the Catalyst control centre has
>> options for this. Failing that, you may well have to modify your xorg.conf.
>> If you don't have one, running 'Xorg -configure' as root will save a default
>> configuration file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf; you need the right metamode option
>> in the 'Screen' section for the resolution you want.
>> For reference, mine looks like this:
>
> Well, mine is as below, I suspect the specs (eg. configured monitor)
> are contained in another file. Thus, I am looking for the file.
>

I'm not aware of any split config for Xorg, but that does look unusual -
particularly because no video driver is defined. I guess it must just pick the
first driver that works.

You could try just adding the metamodes line, though you might find
that you then
need to configure the monitor to have the right VertRefresh and
HorizSync, so I'd
give the 'Xorg -configure' option a go and see if that gives you a less bare
template. With any luck it'll fill in those options by querying the monitor.

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Re: Screen Resolution

[Koh Choon Lin]

>> I am using ATI Mobility Radeon, normally I would be using the vesa
>> driver at 1280x1024. Its now at 1024x768 and GNOME doesn't offer any
>> higher while my xorg.conf has no info at all.
>>
>
> So are you using the binary driver? I think the Catalyst control centre has
> options for this. Failing that, you may well have to modify your xorg.conf.
> If you don't have one, running 'Xorg -configure' as root will save a default
> configuration file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf; you need the right metamode option
> in the 'Screen' section for the resolution you want.
> For reference, mine looks like this:

Well, mine is as below, I suspect the specs (eg. configured monitor)
are contained in another file. Thus, I am looking for the file.


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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
Driver  "kbd"
Option  "XkbRules"  "xorg"
Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
Driver  "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier  "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier  "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
EndSection


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Re: Screen Resolution

[Aneurin Price]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Koh Choon Lin  wrote:
>> Your desktop environment should have a preferences tool for this -
>> certainly KDE and Gnome do. Is the resolution you want not given as an
>> option?
>>
>> What graphics card/driver are you using? I've noticed (may be coincidence)
>> that machines I've had with NVidia cards never get the full range of
>> possible resolutions detected automatically. In this case, nvidia-settings
>> will allow you to set resolution, and several other things.
>
>
> I am using ATI Mobility Radeon, normally I would be using the vesa
> driver at 1280x1024. Its now at 1024x768 and GNOME doesn't offer any
> higher while my xorg.conf has no info at all.
>

So are you using the binary driver? I think the Catalyst control centre has
options for this. Failing that, you may well have to modify your xorg.conf.
If you don't have one, running 'Xorg -configure' as root will save a default
configuration file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf; you need the right metamode option
in the 'Screen' section for the resolution you want.
For reference, mine looks like this:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor"Monitor0"
DefaultDepth24
Option "metamodes" "1920x1200 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0; 800x600
+0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth   24
EndSubSection
EndSection
(Don't know why it mentions the colour depth twice; I suspect it's not really
needed. Also I believe the '+0+0' parts are the default and hence unnecessary)

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Re: Screen Resolution

[Koh Choon Lin]

> Your desktop environment should have a preferences tool for this -
> certainly KDE and Gnome do. Is the resolution you want not given as an
> option?
>
> What graphics card/driver are you using? I've noticed (may be coincidence)
> that machines I've had with NVidia cards never get the full range of
> possible resolutions detected automatically. In this case, nvidia-settings
> will allow you to set resolution, and several other things.


I am using ATI Mobility Radeon, normally I would be using the vesa
driver at 1280x1024. Its now at 1024x768 and GNOME doesn't offer any
higher while my xorg.conf has no info at all.


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Re: Screen Resolution

[Aneurin Price]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Koh Choon Lin  wrote:
>> In terminal run the following command from root user.
>> dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>>
>> Here you can change default screen resolution.
>
> I got this message:
>
> xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
>   file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090219031522
>
> Running without the high piority leads to questions pertaining to
> mouse, keyboard only. I noticed recent versions of Debian based
> distros have this problem too (ie. no configuration details in the
> file x.org).
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> Koh Choon Lin
>
>
>> You can switch to higher resolution by ALT+CTRL++ key combination or can
>> switch to lower resolution by ALT+CTRL+ - key combination
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Koh Choon Lin 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I am unfamiliar with the workings of a GUI. Anyone stuck at 1024x768
>>> with the newly released Debian? How do I change it to one, say
>>> 1280x1024?
>

Your desktop environment should have a preferences tool for this -
certainly KDE and Gnome do. Is the resolution you want not given as an
option?

What graphics card/driver are you using? I've noticed (may be coincidence)
that machines I've had with NVidia cards never get the full range of
possible resolutions detected automatically. In this case, nvidia-settings
will allow you to set resolution, and several other things.

Nye


(PS. I'm of the opinion that autoconfiguring Xorg should have been left
until it's a bit more robust, since now it just means that you often
*still* have to mess aroung with Xorg.conf, only now there isn't a nicely
commented existing file to modify.)


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Re: Screen Resolution

[Koh Choon Lin]

> In terminal run the following command from root user.
> dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Here you can change default screen resolution.

I got this message:

xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
   file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090219031522

Running without the high piority leads to questions pertaining to
mouse, keyboard only. I noticed recent versions of Debian based
distros have this problem too (ie. no configuration details in the
file x.org).

Any ideas?


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> You can switch to higher resolution by ALT+CTRL++ key combination or can
> switch to lower resolution by ALT+CTRL+ - key combination
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Koh Choon Lin 
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I am unfamiliar with the workings of a GUI. Anyone stuck at 1024x768
>> with the newly released Debian? How do I change it to one, say
>> 1280x1024?


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Re: screen resolution

[Chris Bannister]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 02:23:35PM -0400, Ed Sutter wrote:
> No matter what I do, I'm not able to get the screen resolution up.  It 
> appears that
> it is just defaulting to the bare minimum resolution for some reason, but as 
> far as
> I can tell, the card and monitor are properly being detected.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

Any clues in /var/log/Xorg.log?

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Re: screen resolution

[Felipe Gallois]

great to know that it worked

that's the spirit! =D
all the best!

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:24, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Felipe,
> After reading your previous email (regarding the monitor settings),
> I re-ran "dpkg-reconfigure xorg.conf", but this time I told it not
> to auto-configure the monitor.  It asked me a few questions, and
> as a result the two lines you mention below (HorizSync/Vertrefresh)
> were generated.  That did it!
> Thanks for your help.
> Ed
>
>
> Felipe Gallois wrote:
>
>> just a tip, i'm not pretty sure about how it works, but mybe it can help
>> you
>> adding monitor options in xorg.conf
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>   Identifier "My Monitor"
>>   HorizSync 30-82
>>   Vertrefresh 56-76
>>   Modeline "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync
>> +VSync
>> EndSection
>>
>> i don't know what those parameters are exactly, so maybe taking some time
>> to understand it can help a bit =D
>> i'll be out for today, but when i'm back i'll get into it again ;)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:01, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Felipe,
>>  > The only thing that I changed (in an attempt to fix this problem)
>>  > from the orignal xorg.conf file was the default depth.  I use 16
>>  > (which is what is recommended for my monitor).
>>  > Other than that, your example below is what I have in my xorg.conf.
>>  > Regarding the monitor setup, yep, its set to 1280x1024.
>>  >
>>  > Everything else is doing quite well.  I just have limited use of the
>>  > console because various dialog boxes end up spanning outside my screen
>> space.
>>  > Thanks, keep thinking ('cause I'm at a loss)!  :-)
>>  >
>>  > Ed
>>  >
>>  > Felipe Gallois wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >> there are 2 things that i would ask first
>>  >> 1. have you added the mode line in the subsection display? like
>>  >>
>>  >> Section "Screen"
>>  >> ...
>>  >> DefaultDepth 24
>>  >> SubSection "Display"
>>  >> Depth 24
>>  >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>>  >> EndSubSection
>>  >> ...
>>  >>
>>  >> 2. is your monitor set correctly?
>>  >> maybe you forgot to check it, which happens very often
>>  >>
>>  >> cheers!
>>  >>
>>  >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 16:12, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>Felipe,
>>  >>Thanks for responding...
>>  >>It's using GLINT, which I believe is the one it
>>  >>should be using.  I even tried vesa, but that was
>>  >>one of the cases where it wouldn't even come up.
>>  >>Ed
>>  >>
>>  >>Felipe Gallois wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>hello there,
>>  >>
>>  >>what driver is your xorg using?
>>  >>$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver
>>  >>
>>  >>if it is using vesa, then your card's driver is not being
>> loaded...
>>  >>i can't count how many times this was the main problem for me
>> =)
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >>On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 15:23, Ed Sutter
>>  >><[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> >
>>  >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>  >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>   Hi,
>>  >>   New to this list, and new to Debian.  Just installed this
>>  >>over top of
>>  >>   an old installation of RH9, which worked fine, just a bit
>>  >>dated.  My
>>  >>   machine is a K6-2, old but reliable.
>>  >>   I installed by creating a small install CD, booting from CD
>>  >>and then
>>  >>   basically letting it do its thing for an hour downloading
>>  >>stuff and
>>  >>   installing a fresh system.  That all went well, I am able to
>> log
>>  >>   into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is
>> stuck at
>>  >>   640x480.
>>  >>
>>  >>   I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers
>>  >>are sore.
>>  >>   All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>  >>either
>>  >>   manually
>>  >>   or by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.  Then restart
>> gdm.
>>  >>
>>  >>   Tried that several times, and I've gotten one of two results
>>  >>each time:
>>  >>
>>  >>   1) either it has no effect at all or
>>  >>   2) xserver won't even start up because its confused.
>>  >>
>>  >>   Bottom line, is that I can't do much at the console with a
>>  >>640x480
>>  >>   resolution
>>  >>   because many of the dialog boxes span outside the window,
>> and
>>  >>they
>>  >>   are not
>>  >>   moveable; hence, if I want to be able to use the GNOME
>>  >>environment
>>  >>   fruitfully
>>  >>   I need to get the resolution up.
>>  >>
>>  >>   I have a Permedia 2 grap

Re: screen resolution

[Ed Sutter]

Felipe,
After reading your previous email (regarding the monitor settings),
I re-ran "dpkg-reconfigure xorg.conf", but this time I told it not
to auto-configure the monitor.  It asked me a few questions, and
as a result the two lines you mention below (HorizSync/Vertrefresh)
were generated.  That did it!
Thanks for your help.
Ed


Felipe Gallois wrote:

just a tip, i'm not pretty sure about how it works, but mybe it can help you
adding monitor options in xorg.conf

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "My Monitor"
   HorizSync 30-82
   Vertrefresh 56-76
   Modeline "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync 
+VSync

EndSection

i don't know what those parameters are exactly, so maybe taking some 
time to understand it can help a bit =D

i'll be out for today, but when i'm back i'll get into it again ;)


On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:01, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:

 >
 > Felipe,
 > The only thing that I changed (in an attempt to fix this problem)
 > from the orignal xorg.conf file was the default depth.  I use 16
 > (which is what is recommended for my monitor).
 > Other than that, your example below is what I have in my xorg.conf.
 > Regarding the monitor setup, yep, its set to 1280x1024.
 >
 > Everything else is doing quite well.  I just have limited use of the
 > console because various dialog boxes end up spanning outside my 
screen space.

 > Thanks, keep thinking ('cause I'm at a loss)!  :-)
 >
 > Ed
 >
 > Felipe Gallois wrote:
 >>
 >> there are 2 things that i would ask first
 >> 1. have you added the mode line in the subsection display? like
 >>
 >> Section "Screen"
 >> ...
 >> DefaultDepth 24
 >> SubSection "Display"
 >> Depth 24
 >> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 >> EndSubSection
 >> ...
 >>
 >> 2. is your monitor set correctly?
 >> maybe you forgot to check it, which happens very often
 >>
 >> cheers!
 >>
 >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 16:12, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 >> wrote:

 >>
 >>Felipe,
 >>Thanks for responding...
 >>It's using GLINT, which I believe is the one it
 >>should be using.  I even tried vesa, but that was
 >>one of the cases where it wouldn't even come up.
 >>Ed
 >>
 >>Felipe Gallois wrote:
 >>
 >>hello there,
 >>
 >>what driver is your xorg using?
 >>$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver
 >>
 >>if it is using vesa, then your card's driver is not being 
loaded...

 >>i can't count how many times this was the main problem for me =)
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 15:23, Ed Sutter
 >><[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 >
 >>
 >>>
 >>   Hi,
 >>   New to this list, and new to Debian.  Just installed this
 >>over top of
 >>   an old installation of RH9, which worked fine, just a bit
 >>dated.  My
 >>   machine is a K6-2, old but reliable.
 >>   I installed by creating a small install CD, booting from CD
 >>and then
 >>   basically letting it do its thing for an hour downloading
 >>stuff and
 >>   installing a fresh system.  That all went well, I am able 
to log
 >>   into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is 
stuck at

 >>   640x480.
 >>
 >>   I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers
 >>are sore.
 >>   All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 >>either
 >>   manually
 >>   or by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.  Then restart gdm.
 >>
 >>   Tried that several times, and I've gotten one of two results
 >>each time:
 >>
 >>   1) either it has no effect at all or
 >>   2) xserver won't even start up because its confused.
 >>
 >>   Bottom line, is that I can't do much at the console with a
 >>640x480
 >>   resolution
 >>   because many of the dialog boxes span outside the window, and
 >>they
 >>   are not
 >>   moveable; hence, if I want to be able to use the GNOME
 >>environment
 >>   fruitfully
 >>   I need to get the resolution up.
 >>
 >>   I have a Permedia 2 graphics card and a Princeton 19" LCD
 >>display.
 >>The auto-detect
 >>   in xserver-xorg seems to find that ok.  They're both 
capable of

 >>   handling 1280x1024
 >>   and the xorg.conf file that is created by dpkg-reconfigure
 >>   xserver-xorg shows that
 >>   this resolution is possible.
 >>
 >>   No matter what I do, I'm not able to get the screen
 >>resolution up.
 >>It appea

Re: screen resolution

[Ed Sutter]

Felipe,
Thanks for responding...
It's using GLINT, which I believe is the one it
should be using.  I even tried vesa, but that was
one of the cases where it wouldn't even come up.
Ed

Felipe Gallois wrote:

hello there,

what driver is your xorg using?
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver

if it is using vesa, then your card's driver is not being loaded...
i can't count how many times this was the main problem for me =)



On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 15:23, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:


Hi,
New to this list, and new to Debian.  Just installed this over top of
an old installation of RH9, which worked fine, just a bit dated.  My
machine is a K6-2, old but reliable.
I installed by creating a small install CD, booting from CD and then
basically letting it do its thing for an hour downloading stuff and
installing a fresh system.  That all went well, I am able to log
into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is stuck at
640x480.

I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers are sore.
All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf either
manually
or by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.  Then restart gdm.

Tried that several times, and I've gotten one of two results each time:

1) either it has no effect at all or
2) xserver won't even start up because its confused.

Bottom line, is that I can't do much at the console with a 640x480
resolution
because many of the dialog boxes span outside the window, and they
are not
moveable; hence, if I want to be able to use the GNOME environment
fruitfully
I need to get the resolution up.

I have a Permedia 2 graphics card and a Princeton 19" LCD display.
 The auto-detect
in xserver-xorg seems to find that ok.  They're both capable of
handling 1280x1024
and the xorg.conf file that is created by dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg shows that
this resolution is possible.

No matter what I do, I'm not able to get the screen resolution up.
 It appears that
it is just defaulting to the bare minimum resolution for some
reason, but as far as
I can tell, the card and monitor are properly being detected.

Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Ed


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Re: screen resolution

[Felipe Gallois]

hello there,

what driver is your xorg using?
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver

if it is using vesa, then your card's driver is not being loaded...
i can't count how many times this was the main problem for me =)



On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 15:23, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> New to this list, and new to Debian.  Just installed this over top of
> an old installation of RH9, which worked fine, just a bit dated.  My
> machine is a K6-2, old but reliable.
> I installed by creating a small install CD, booting from CD and then
> basically letting it do its thing for an hour downloading stuff and
> installing a fresh system.  That all went well, I am able to log
> into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is stuck at 640x480.
>
> I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers are sore.
> All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf either
> manually
> or by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.  Then restart gdm.
>
> Tried that several times, and I've gotten one of two results each time:
>
> 1) either it has no effect at all or
> 2) xserver won't even start up because its confused.
>
> Bottom line, is that I can't do much at the console with a 640x480
> resolution
> because many of the dialog boxes span outside the window, and they are not
> moveable; hence, if I want to be able to use the GNOME environment
> fruitfully
> I need to get the resolution up.
>
> I have a Permedia 2 graphics card and a Princeton 19" LCD display.  The
> auto-detect
> in xserver-xorg seems to find that ok.  They're both capable of handling
> 1280x1024
> and the xorg.conf file that is created by dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> shows that
> this resolution is possible.
>
> No matter what I do, I'm not able to get the screen resolution up.  It
> appears that
> it is just defaulting to the bare minimum resolution for some reason, but
> as far as
> I can tell, the card and monitor are properly being detected.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
> Thanks
> Ed
>
>
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Re: screen resolution

[Andrew Sackville-West]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:03:46PM +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote:
> Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200.
>
> xrandr says:
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280
> VGA1 disconnected
> DVI0 disconnected
> VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>   1280x800   60.0
>   1280x768   60.0*
>   1024x768   60.0
>   800x60060.3
>   640x48059.9
>   640x400   120.0
>   640x384   120.2
>   512x384   120.0
>
> Both screen and video card manages 1600x1200. (works with winxp)
> Whatever I try in screen configuration editor it says :
> Sorry, this configuration video card driver
> and monitor doesn't appear to work.

you should provide us with you're xorg.conf. I would suggest that it's
possible that to achieve the resolution you want requires a clock
that's just outside the configured parameters, resulting in Xorg
abandoning those resolutions.

As an exmaple, my wife's monitor has (making up numbers here just to
show the example) a max HorizSync of 64mhz, but the calculated
HorizSync for her preferred resolution ends up being 64.03mhz or
something silly like that. It's surely some kind of rounding error or
some such. A tweak to the xorg.conf allowing 64.5mhz solves the
problem. 

your /var/log/Xorg.0.log should provide detailed information on the
status of all the attempted resolutions.

A


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> 
> grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so
> 
> It seems to be nv driver.

If it doen't offend your FOSS sensibilities, try the nvidia driver.

(But save a copy of your working /etc/X11/xorg.conf, just in case!)

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Re: screen resolution

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

niclas wahlgren wrote:

Florian Kulzer wrote:

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:03:46 +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote:
  

Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200.

xrandr says:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280
VGA1 disconnected
DVI0 disconnected
VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
  1280x800   60.0
  1280x768   60.0*
  1024x768   60.0
  800x60060.3
  640x48059.9
  640x400   120.0
  640x384   120.2
  512x384   120.0

Both screen and video card manages 1600x1200. (works with winxp)
Whatever I try in screen configuration editor it says :
Sorry, this configuration video card driver
and monitor doesn't appear to work.

pkg-reconfigure  xserver-xorg does not work like it used to. No  
possibility to change video settings, only keyboard.


Any suggestions?

Usind sid, amd64, geforce 8500GT



Which driver do you use, nv or nvidia? If you are not sure about this,
run

grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log

in an X terminal and post the output here.

  

grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so

It seems to be nv driver.
/N


Try the NVidia driver with your 8500GT?


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Re: screen resolution

[niclas wahlgren]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

  On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:03:46 +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote:
  
  
Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200.

xrandr says:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280
VGA1 disconnected
DVI0 disconnected
VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
  1280x800   60.0
  1280x768   60.0*
  1024x768   60.0
  800x60060.3
  640x48059.9
  640x400   120.0
  640x384   120.2
  512x384   120.0

Both screen and video card manages 1600x1200. (works with winxp)
Whatever I try in screen configuration editor it says :
Sorry, this configuration video card driver
and monitor doesn't appear to work.

pkg-reconfigure  xserver-xorg does not work like it used to. No  
possibility to change video settings, only keyboard.

Any suggestions?

Usind sid, amd64, geforce 8500GT

  
  
Which driver do you use, nv or nvidia? If you are not sure about this,
run

grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log

in an X terminal and post the output here.

  

grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so

It seems to be nv driver.
/N




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Re: screen resolution

[Florian Kulzer]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:03:46 +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote:
> Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200.
>
> xrandr says:
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280
> VGA1 disconnected
> DVI0 disconnected
> VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>   1280x800   60.0
>   1280x768   60.0*
>   1024x768   60.0
>   800x60060.3
>   640x48059.9
>   640x400   120.0
>   640x384   120.2
>   512x384   120.0
>
> Both screen and video card manages 1600x1200. (works with winxp)
> Whatever I try in screen configuration editor it says :
> Sorry, this configuration video card driver
> and monitor doesn't appear to work.
>
> pkg-reconfigure  xserver-xorg does not work like it used to. No  
> possibility to change video settings, only keyboard.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Usind sid, amd64, geforce 8500GT

Which driver do you use, nv or nvidia? If you are not sure about this,
run

grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log

in an X terminal and post the output here.

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Re: screen resolution

[niclas wahlgren]

Ron Johnson wrote:

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On 07/11/08 15:03, niclas wahlgren wrote:
  
  
Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200.

xrandr says:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280
VGA1 disconnected
DVI0 disconnected
VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
  1280x800   60.0
  1280x768   60.0*
  1024x768   60.0
  800x60060.3
  640x48059.9
  640x400   120.0
  640x384   120.2
  512x384   120.0

Both screen and video card manages 1600x1200. (works with winxp)
Whatever I try in screen configuration editor it says :
Sorry, this configuration video card driver
and monitor doesn't appear to work.

pkg-reconfigure  xserver-xorg does not work like it used to. No
possibility to change video settings, only keyboard.

Any suggestions?

Usind sid, amd64, geforce 8500GT

  
  
What kind of monitor, and what is it's (max) resolution?

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Monitor: LCD, LG electronics, L2010T, max res 1600x1200
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Re: screen resolution

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On 07/11/08 15:03, niclas wahlgren wrote:
> Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200.
> 
> xrandr says:
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280
> VGA1 disconnected
> DVI0 disconnected
> VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>   1280x800   60.0
>   1280x768   60.0*
>   1024x768   60.0
>   800x60060.3
>   640x48059.9
>   640x400   120.0
>   640x384   120.2
>   512x384   120.0
> 
> Both screen and video card manages 1600x1200. (works with winxp)
> Whatever I try in screen configuration editor it says :
> Sorry, this configuration video card driver
> and monitor doesn't appear to work.
> 
> pkg-reconfigure  xserver-xorg does not work like it used to. No
> possibility to change video settings, only keyboard.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Usind sid, amd64, geforce 8500GT

What kind of monitor, and what is it's (max) resolution?

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Re: screen resolution question

[Glenn Becker]

take the time to read that page, it should clear up the issue for you.


OK ... I got my xorg.conf fixed up to my liking. Now ...

... for me, the real issue here isn't the need to learn something new: 
shoot, that's fun. The issue for me here was that, as far as I was aware, 
it just changed and I had to ask "uh, what th-?", then go back and read up 
on it. I guess what I would like to know is -- to what mailing list 
should I be subscribed so that I know about such things as they are 
happening?


At first I thought, "oh, that must be debian-announce" but then I looked 
at the archives of that list and it obviously isnt' there.


What do I need to be reading? -user is too high volume to really follow 
everything.


Thanks in advance for any enlightenment, and apologies if that's a dumb Q.

Regards,

Glenn

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Re: screen resolution question

[Glenn Becker]

This is from the post that Mirko Parthey posted: 
http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12   a good read.


you can add an "Option" along these lines under Monitor:

Option  "PreferredMode" "1024x768_60.00" (assuming 60hz refresh rate, if 
it is something else, change _60.00 to something else)


ahh ...


take the time to read that page, it should clear up the issue for you.


many thanks. I should follow developments more closely, I guess, but I run 
a multi-boot box and stuff slips through.


GB

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Re: screen resolution question

[Damon L. Chesser]

Glenn Becker wrote:


I stupidly deleted a response to my question regarding my "skeletal" 
xorg.conf file. IIRC, the question was whether my file did not in fact 
have a "Screen" section. It does, but it is as empty as the other 
sections.


Since it doesn't amount to much, the whole thing follows.


snip

Not much is needed now days.

This is from the post that Mirko Parthey posted:  
http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12   a good read.


you can add an "Option" along these lines under Monitor:

Option  "PreferredMode" "1024x768_60.00" (assuming 60hz refresh rate, if 
it is something else, change _60.00 to something else)


Old way:  Under Screen

Option 
   SubSection   "Display"

   Depth  24
   Modes "1024x768" "somexother" "somexother" (note:  the 
first one would be the preferred resolution, the 2nd and following could 
actually be higher if you wanted it)


I still use the old method:  I use nvidia and twinview and I don't know 
any other way to get 2880x900 out of two monitors that run 1440x900.


take the time to read that page, it should clear up the issue for you.

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Re: screen resolution question

[John Hasler]

Glenn Becker writes:
> I stupidly deleted a response to my question regarding my "skeletal"
> xorg.conf file. IIRC, the question was whether my file did not in fact
> have a "Screen" section. It does, but it is as empty as the other
> sections.

Just fill the section in with what you want there.
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Re: screen resolution question

[Glenn Becker]

I stupidly deleted a response to my question regarding my "skeletal" 
xorg.conf file. IIRC, the question was whether my file did not in fact 
have a "Screen" section. It does, but it is as empty as the other 
sections.


Since it doesn't amount to much, the whole thing follows.


# xorg.conf (X.Org 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 xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man 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 "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
Driver  "kbd"
Option  "XkbRules""xorg"
Option  "XkbModel""pc104"
Option  "XkbLayout"   "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
Driver  "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "Configured Video Device"
BusID   "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier  "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier  "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

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Re: screen resolution question

[Mirko Parthey]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 01:45:44AM +, Glenn Becker wrote:
> I am running a testing box. Recently, it seems, my X settings 
> changed (w/o my intentionally changing them, at least as far as I can 
> recall) so that the screen resolution on Gnome, for example, it was 
> defaulting to 1400x1050. It is nice to see that my older laptop can 
> handle this, but ... I also have older eyes and prefer a setting of 
> 1024x768.
> 
> So I went looking into the xorg.conf file, and found that ... no default 
> screen res appeared to be set! In fact the file contains almost _no_ 
> details and consists mainly of a lot of sections that look like this:
> 
> Section "Device"
> Identifier  "Configured Video Device"
> 
> ... making it look like a lot of the X configuration is handled 
> automatically.
> 
> Well, great ... cough ... I would rather it _wasn't_ handled 
> automatically, because I want to choose my own settings. I've handrolled 
> my own .conf files for X for ages ... is there any way for me to do this 
> and not have my settings overwritten by an automated thingum that has no 
> idea what my specific needs are?
> 
> If this is an attempt at an improvement I cannot say I care much for it. 
> Certainly I can change the settings via the Gnome GUI, but this doesn't 
> help me if (as often happens on my old machine) I'd rather just run 
> Fluxbox.

Please see my reply to a similar question at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/05/msg01804.html

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Re: screen resolution question

[Raj Kiran Grandhi]

Glenn Becker wrote:


Hi all -

I am running a testing box. Recently, it seems, my X settings changed 
(w/o my intentionally changing them, at least as far as I can recall) so 
that the screen resolution on Gnome, for example, it was defaulting to 
1400x1050. It is nice to see that my older laptop can handle this, but 
... I also have older eyes and prefer a setting of 1024x768.


AFAIK dpkg saves a backup of the xorg.conf file suffixed with the 
date/time of modification. Just try replacing the exisiting xorg.conf 
with the backup.




So I went looking into the xorg.conf file, and found that ... no default 
screen res appeared to be set! In fact the file contains almost _no_ 
details and consists mainly of a lot of sections that look like this:


Section "Device"
Identifier  "Configured Video Device"

... making it look like a lot of the X configuration is handled 
automatically.


Well, great ... cough ... I would rather it _wasn't_ handled 
automatically, because I want to choose my own settings. I've handrolled 
my own .conf files for X for ages ... is there any way for me to do this 
and not have my settings overwritten by an automated thingum that has no 
idea what my specific needs are?


If this is an attempt at an improvement I cannot say I care much for it. 
Certainly I can change the settings via the Gnome GUI, but this doesn't 
help me if (as often happens on my old machine) I'd rather just run 
Fluxbox.


Sorry if this is an ignorant question and has been asked before. If I 
need to RTFM, just let me know where to find the relevant M and I will 
RTF thing.


Thx,

Glenn

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Re: screen resolution question

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On 05/20/08 20:45, Glenn Becker wrote:
> 
> Hi all -
> 
> I am running a testing box. Recently, it seems, my X settings changed
> (w/o my intentionally changing them, at least as far as I can recall) so
> that the screen resolution on Gnome, for example, it was defaulting to
> 1400x1050. It is nice to see that my older laptop can handle this, but
> ... I also have older eyes and prefer a setting of 1024x768.
> 
> So I went looking into the xorg.conf file, and found that ... no default
> screen res appeared to be set! In fact the file contains almost _no_
> details and consists mainly of a lot of sections that look like this:
> 
> Section "Device"
> Identifier  "Configured Video Device"
> 
> ... making it look like a lot of the X configuration is handled
> automatically.
> 
> Well, great ... cough ... I would rather it _wasn't_ handled
> automatically, because I want to choose my own settings. I've handrolled
> my own .conf files for X for ages ... is there any way for me to do this
> and not have my settings overwritten by an automated thingum that has no
> idea what my specific needs are?
> 
> If this is an attempt at an improvement I cannot say I care much for it.
> Certainly I can change the settings via the Gnome GUI, but this doesn't
> help me if (as often happens on my old machine) I'd rather just run
> Fluxbox.
> 
> Sorry if this is an ignorant question and has been asked before. If I
> need to RTFM, just let me know where to find the relevant M and I will
> RTF thing.

So there's no /Section "Screen"/?

Mine looks like this:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
#Device "nVidia Corporation Unknown"
Monitor"GatewayVX112"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"   "true"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
DefaultDepth   24
SubSection "Display"
Depth   1
Modes  "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   4
Modes  "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   8
Modes  "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   15
Modes  "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   16
Modes  "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   24
Modes  "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

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Re: Screen resolution amd64 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

[Mark Neidorff]

On Tuesday 18 March 2008 07:04 am, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> >  > I just installed Debian etch 40r3 on an AMD64 PC. However, screen
> >  > resolution is set to 640x480.
>
> So is mine and i'm using 1024x768, how far does your monitor go? Did
> 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' work?

I have the exact same problem on my computer.  Running the command worked for 
me.  (I had to run it twice)  I've still got some fine tuning to do, but the 
xserver is working in a reasonable fashion.

Re: Screen resolution amd64 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

[Nuno Magalhães]

>  > I just installed Debian etch 40r3 on an AMD64 PC. However, screen 
> resolution is set to 640x480.

So is mine and i'm using 1024x768, how far does your monitor go? Did
'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' work?

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Re: Screen resolution amd64 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

[Raj Kiran Grandhi]

Oscar Corte wrote:

I just installed Debian etch 40r3 on an AMD64 PC. However, screen resolution is 
set to 640x480.

Video device is: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

When entering:
Desktop>>Preferences>>Screen Resolution,
the only option available is 640x480

What can I do in order to set it to 1024x768 or any other?


Your driver is probably set to vesa.

Try 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' and select the 'nv' driver.



Please help!!!

Thanks a lot in advance for any hints
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Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

[cga2000]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 06:23:37PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote:
> cga2000 on 06/06/06 00:32, wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:09:20PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote:
> >>Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote:
> >>>Adam Hardy:
> Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in 
> the bits that KDE controls?
[..]
> 
> That's strange - your .gtkrc has the AUTO-WRITTEN warnings, but not the 
> .gtkrc-2.0 and for me it's the other way around.
> 
I noticed that. I can't remember all the details but I would assume
that I created one of these files manually.. or did I use one of the
theme-switch hacks..?
> 
> >As mentioned before you could try the gtk-theme-switch utilities.
> 
> OK tried them. With gtk-theme-switch, i got a .gtkrc file abit like yours 
> the same as yours except the font name. 
> I have narrowed it down to 3 areas where the fonts are still big: firefox, 
> thunderbird and the displayed folder in konqueror file system gui. 
> 
also, check if you have a background task running that's called
gnome-settings-daemon. It has some effect on font rendering re: gtk
apps  - even outside gnome - and might confuse the issue. 

One problem that I had: I was also getting oversized menu/dialog fonts
in just about every GUI app (gtk/qt) and it took me a while to notice
that the fonts that were being used were not the fonts I thought. What
I mean by this is that I was in a situation when I was configuring a
certain fontsize and my impression was that it had no effect.. for some
mysterious reason.. while in fact what was happening was that the GUI
apps were using different definitions (hence a different font/fontsize). 

It's a pity the situation I was in was so messy and I changed so many
things that I can't really give you a mini-howto specifying precisely
what you need to do to fix your problem. Just bit and pieces..

Otherwise a screen dump of your desktop with samples of what's working
and what's not might help. 

Naturally, I can't go back to that situation but if you think it might
help I could put up a screenshot of what my desktop looks like with a
few gtk & qt apps.

HTH


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Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

[Adam Hardy]

cga2000 on 06/06/06 00:32, wrote:

On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:09:20PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote:

Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote:

Adam Hardy:
Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the 
bits that KDE controls?

[snip]

The easiest way to make sure X knows your real dpi:

- Run this:
 xdpyinfo | grep dots
resolution:92x92 dots per inch

 If xdpyinfo shows 76 dpi, this is most probably false (unless you have
 a very large monitor running at 1280x1024).

- Measure your display's visible dimensions. This is easy with TFT
 displays and a little bit trickier for CRTs. But it doesn't have to be
 100% accurate anyway.

- In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or XF86Config if you are running stable)
 search for your "Monitor" section. Add a line like
 DisplaySize 280 212
 to this section with your display's dimensions in millimetres

- Restart X

- Run 'xdpyinfo | grep dots' again to see if it has changed.

At this point, your fonts might actually look screwed in some
applications. *But*: now all your applications (be it KDE, Gnome or
plain X) should display all fonts with the same point size at the same
real size.
I tried making the changes in the gnome dialog as well after installing 
140MB of it - I'm afraid I didn't get anywhere, but wierdly there is a 
dialog box there for fonts with an input box for dpi - and when I increased 
the given dpi from 96 upwards, the text on the dialog box got bigger! 
Strangely counter-intuitive. So I left it at 96 dpi and changed back into 


Unless you have a very hi-res or very low-res display this is fine.

KDE. 
Here's my .gtkrc-2.0:


# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

style "user-font"
{
font_name="Sans 8"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

include "/home/adam/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT


I *assume* this gets written by the gnome desktop utility, hence the
"do not edit". I don't know anything about the innards of gnome or gtk
but I would suggest you do not edit this file while gnome is running.
For all we know there might be circumstances when gnome re-writes the
contents of this file. 


What I know for a fact is that in my setup - debian sarge - I had to
make changes to both the .gtkrc *and* the .gtkrc-2.0 to get all the gtk
apps that I use (gimp, mozilla.. that's about it..). That was about a
year ago and I have  no idea whether you still need a .gtkrc. I *guess*
it depends what gtk apps you are running and what versions.. What I
would imagine is that it would not hurt to add one to your setup..

Here's my .gtkrc:

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/home/gavron/.themes/GTK2-Step/gtk/gtkrc"

style "user-font"
{
  font="-microsoft-verdana-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-p-*-microsoft-cp1251"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

include "/home/gavron/.gtkrc.mine"

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT

And here's my .gtkrc-2.0:

style "user-font"
{
  font_name="Verdana 7"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

gtk-font-name = "Verdana 8"

Note the differences between the font statements, the different point
sizes - I had to specify "Verdana 7" because the font was a tad larger
in some places.. and I also have a gtk-font-name statement that's
apparently missing from your .gtkrc-2.0..


That's strange - your .gtkrc has the AUTO-WRITTEN warnings, but not the 
.gtkrc-2.0 and for me it's the other way around.



As mentioned before you could try the gtk-theme-switch utilities.


OK tried them. With gtk-theme-switch, i got a .gtkrc file abit like yours the same as yours except the font name. 

I have narrowed it down to 3 areas where the fonts are still big: firefox, thunderbird and the displayed folder in konqueror file system gui. 



Adam


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Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

[cga2000]

On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:09:20PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote:
> Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote:
> >Adam Hardy:
> >>Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the 
> >>bits that KDE controls?
> [snip]
> >
> >The easiest way to make sure X knows your real dpi:
> >
> >- Run this:
> >  xdpyinfo | grep dots
> > resolution:92x92 dots per inch
> >
> >  If xdpyinfo shows 76 dpi, this is most probably false (unless you have
> >  a very large monitor running at 1280x1024).
> >
> >- Measure your display's visible dimensions. This is easy with TFT
> >  displays and a little bit trickier for CRTs. But it doesn't have to be
> >  100% accurate anyway.
> >
> >- In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or XF86Config if you are running stable)
> >  search for your "Monitor" section. Add a line like
> >  DisplaySize 280 212
> >  to this section with your display's dimensions in millimetres
> >
> >- Restart X
> >
> >- Run 'xdpyinfo | grep dots' again to see if it has changed.
> >
> >At this point, your fonts might actually look screwed in some
> >applications. *But*: now all your applications (be it KDE, Gnome or
> >plain X) should display all fonts with the same point size at the same
> >real size.
> 
> I tried making the changes in the gnome dialog as well after installing 
> 140MB of it - I'm afraid I didn't get anywhere, but wierdly there is a 
> dialog box there for fonts with an input box for dpi - and when I increased 
> the given dpi from 96 upwards, the text on the dialog box got bigger! 
> Strangely counter-intuitive. So I left it at 96 dpi and changed back into 

Unless you have a very hi-res or very low-res display this is fine.

> KDE. 
> Here's my .gtkrc-2.0:
> 
> # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
> include "/usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
> 
> style "user-font"
> {
> font_name="Sans 8"
> }
> widget_class "*" style "user-font"
> 
> include "/home/adam/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"
> 
> # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
> 
I *assume* this gets written by the gnome desktop utility, hence the
"do not edit". I don't know anything about the innards of gnome or gtk
but I would suggest you do not edit this file while gnome is running.
For all we know there might be circumstances when gnome re-writes the
contents of this file. 

What I know for a fact is that in my setup - debian sarge - I had to
make changes to both the .gtkrc *and* the .gtkrc-2.0 to get all the gtk
apps that I use (gimp, mozilla.. that's about it..). That was about a
year ago and I have  no idea whether you still need a .gtkrc. I *guess*
it depends what gtk apps you are running and what versions.. What I
would imagine is that it would not hurt to add one to your setup..

Here's my .gtkrc:

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/home/gavron/.themes/GTK2-Step/gtk/gtkrc"

style "user-font"
{
  font="-microsoft-verdana-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-p-*-microsoft-cp1251"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

include "/home/gavron/.gtkrc.mine"

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT

And here's my .gtkrc-2.0:

style "user-font"
{
  font_name="Verdana 7"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

gtk-font-name = "Verdana 8"

Note the differences between the font statements, the different point
sizes - I had to specify "Verdana 7" because the font was a tad larger
in some places.. and I also have a gtk-font-name statement that's
apparently missing from your .gtkrc-2.0..

But I'm a bit surprised the customization you did in gnome did not
change anything.. The trouble about editing files (unless you know
exactly what your are doing) is that you don't have the interactive
feedback that the gnome/kde desktop utilities provide.

As mentioned before you could try the gtk-theme-switch utilities.

You could also try to start a number of applications - those that are
ok.. those that are not - on one desktop and take a screenshot.. and
put it up some place for review. 

Also, take a look at the font HOWTO "Optimal use of fonts on linux"..
It may not have the solutiion to your exact problem but it should give
you some background about fonts in X/linux.. 

Lastly, if you believe in anti-aliasing and 

HTH

Thanks,

cga


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Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

[Adam Hardy]

Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote:

Adam Hardy:
Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the 
bits that KDE controls?

[snip]


The easiest way to make sure X knows your real dpi:

- Run this:
  xdpyinfo | grep dots
 resolution:92x92 dots per inch

  If xdpyinfo shows 76 dpi, this is most probably false (unless you have
  a very large monitor running at 1280x1024).

- Measure your display's visible dimensions. This is easy with TFT
  displays and a little bit trickier for CRTs. But it doesn't have to be
  100% accurate anyway.

- In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or XF86Config if you are running stable)
  search for your "Monitor" section. Add a line like
  DisplaySize 280 212
  to this section with your display's dimensions in millimetres

- Restart X

- Run 'xdpyinfo | grep dots' again to see if it has changed.

At this point, your fonts might actually look screwed in some
applications. *But*: now all your applications (be it KDE, Gnome or
plain X) should display all fonts with the same point size at the same
real size.


I tried making the changes in the gnome dialog as well after installing 140MB of it - I'm afraid I didn't get anywhere, but wierdly there is a dialog box there for fonts with an input box for dpi - and when I increased the given dpi from 96 upwards, the text on the dialog box got bigger! Strangely counter-intuitive. So I left it at 96 dpi and changed back into KDE. 


Here's my .gtkrc-2.0:

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

style "user-font"
{
font_name="Sans 8"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

include "/home/adam/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT

And xdpyinfo gives this (my xrdb -query gives no output):

xdpyinfo |grep resol
resolution:100x100 dots per inch

In the monitor section in xorg.conf I put 


DisplaySize 360 286

but that made no difference.



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Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

[Jochen Schulz]

Adam Hardy:
> 
> Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the 
> bits that KDE controls? 

There is a quite clean way to do this. At least it works for me.

Preface:

Your problem may be that your X makes wrong assumptions about your
screen resolution. Not in absolute numbers (as in 1280x1024), but
relative to your screen's real size (as in dots per inch). The number of
pixels a character takes for a given size (like 10pt etc) depends on
what X thinks is your current dpi setting.

The easiest way to make sure X knows your real dpi:

- Run this:
  xdpyinfo | grep dots
 resolution:92x92 dots per inch

  If xdpyinfo shows 76 dpi, this is most probably false (unless you have
  a very large monitor running at 1280x1024).

- Measure your display's visible dimensions. This is easy with TFT
  displays and a little bit trickier for CRTs. But it doesn't have to be
  100% accurate anyway.

- In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or XF86Config if you are running stable)
  search for your "Monitor" section. Add a line like
  DisplaySize 280 212
  to this section with your display's dimensions in millimetres

- Restart X

- Run 'xdpyinfo | grep dots' again to see if it has changed.

At this point, your fonts might actually look screwed in some
applications. *But*: now all your applications (be it KDE, Gnome or
plain X) should display all fonts with the same point size at the same
real size.

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Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

[Liam O'Toole]

On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:42:18 +0100
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> cga2000 on 05/06/06 02:22, wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:15:59PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote:
> >> My monitor does a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. 
> >>
> >> I'm using KDE and it seems that the font size at this resolution
> >> is considerably greater than it is in windows, which I use at
> >> work. So I am trying to work out what is going on. 
> >> I tried setting my font sizes from 10 to 8 in the KDE settings / 
> >> peripherals / display. This affected half of the applications I am
> >> using, but stuff like firefox, thunderbird, eclipse, rhythmbox and
> >> so on are generally ignoring it. 
> >> Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just
> >> in the bits that KDE controls? 
> > 
> > Not that I know of. 
> > 
> > One solution would be to install gnome.. fire up a gnome session and
> > look for the gnome equivalent of the font customization utility that
> > you used in KDE.. make your changes.. log out of gnome and start
> > your KDE desktop. Heavy-handed but that's what I ended up doing
> > when I first installed debian.. after spending a couple of weeks
> > getting nowhere..
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> > You may also try something called "gtk-theme-switch" and/or
> > "gtk-theme-switch2" and look for a large '+' that gives you access
> > to "more options" and you should be able to change your fonts there.
> 
> OK I did that and it put my choice in .gtkrc-2.0 but that hasn't been
> taken on board by the apps like firefox.
> 

[SNIP]

Could you show us the contents of ~/.gtkrc-2.0? It should be something
like:

gtk-font-name="Sans 8"

Other things to check are that your display resolution ('xdpyinfo | grep
resol') is correct and the DPI setting used by Xft ('xrdb -query | grep
dpi'), if defined, is consistent with it.

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Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

[Adam Hardy]

cga2000 on 05/06/06 02:22, wrote:

On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:15:59PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote:
My monitor does a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. 

I'm using KDE and it seems that the font size at this resolution is 
considerably greater than it is in windows, which I use at work. So I am 
trying to work out what is going on. 
I tried setting my font sizes from 10 to 8 in the KDE settings / 
peripherals / display. This affected half of the applications I am using, 
but stuff like firefox, thunderbird, eclipse, rhythmbox and so on are 
generally ignoring it. 
Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the 
bits that KDE controls? 


Not that I know of. 


One solution would be to install gnome.. fire up a gnome session and
look for the gnome equivalent of the font customization utility that
you used in KDE.. make your changes.. log out of gnome and start your
KDE desktop. Heavy-handed but that's what I ended up doing when I first
installed debian.. after spending a couple of weeks getting nowhere..

:-)

You may also try something called "gtk-theme-switch" and/or
"gtk-theme-switch2" and look for a large '+' that gives you access to
"more options" and you should be able to change your fonts there.


OK I did that and it put my choice in .gtkrc-2.0 but that hasn't been taken on 
board by the apps like firefox.


I shall have a go with the hack using gnome later when I have time to install 
gnome. I don't suppose you remember the config file the gnome and KDE share?


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Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

[cga2000]

On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:15:59PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote:
> My monitor does a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. 
> 
> I'm using KDE and it seems that the font size at this resolution is 
> considerably greater than it is in windows, which I use at work. So I am 
> trying to work out what is going on. 
> I tried setting my font sizes from 10 to 8 in the KDE settings / 
> peripherals / display. This affected half of the applications I am using, 
> but stuff like firefox, thunderbird, eclipse, rhythmbox and so on are 
> generally ignoring it. 
> Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the 
> bits that KDE controls? 

Not that I know of. 

One solution would be to install gnome.. fire up a gnome session and
look for the gnome equivalent of the font customization utility that
you used in KDE.. make your changes.. log out of gnome and start your
KDE desktop. Heavy-handed but that's what I ended up doing when I first
installed debian.. after spending a couple of weeks getting nowhere..

:-)

You may also try something called "gtk-theme-switch" and/or
"gtk-theme-switch2" and look for a large '+' that gives you access to
"more options" and you should be able to change your fonts there.

Lastly, you could try editing files called .gtkrc or/and .gtkrc-2.0 in
your home directory. Depending on the gtk apps that you run, you may
need to make changes to both.

Thanks,

cga


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Re: Screen resolution

[Kent West]

Digby Tarvin wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:41:13AM +0200, Hector Oron wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to run X on my computer but i can't get desired resolution. I've
>> also review /etc/X11/xorg.conf and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.
>>
>> I give you some output configuration:
>>
>> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>> 
>
>   
>>Driver"i810"
>> 
>   
>   
>>Modes"1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768"
>> 
>
> If you havn't already done so, install '915resolution'
> and add the required resolution to /etc/default/915resolution
> (after reading the man page for instructions)
>
> I believe the driver only supports the resolutions listed as supported
> in a BIOS list, which often does not include any 'non-standard'
> resolutions..
>   

In addition, check your BIOS for Video RAM (or some-such); sometimes the
shared memory is set to its lowest setting rather than its highest, and
that'll cause problems.

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Re: Screen resolution

[Digby Tarvin]

On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:41:13AM +0200, Hector Oron wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to run X on my computer but i can't get desired resolution. I've
> also review /etc/X11/xorg.conf and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.
> 
> I give you some output configuration:
> 
> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 
>Driver"i810"

>Modes"1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768"

If you havn't already done so, install '915resolution'
and add the required resolution to /etc/default/915resolution
(after reading the man page for instructions)

I believe the driver only supports the resolutions listed as supported
in a BIOS list, which often does not include any 'non-standard'
resolutions..

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Re: Screen resolution

[Anthony Chaumas-Pellet]

On Sunday 30 April 2006 11:41, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Stephen Cormier writes:
> > Get out the manual/search online for the specifications for the
> > horizontal and
> > vertical refresh rates for the screen/monitor. Then use advanced when
> > reconfiguring and put in the values when asked, Debian always sets up the
> > refresh rates too low which stops you from getting the higher
> > resolutions.

I don't think refresh rates truly matter for the default resolution (at least 
for "reasonable" resolutions). I know I can use any resolution up to 
1280X1024 with the default refresh rate (around 60), though of course I still 
need to activate these resolutions as they aren't offered by default.
>
> I don't know the horizontal and vertical refresh rates of my screen,
> I should search for them online. [...]
>  SZ:Pixels  Physical   Refresh
> *0   1024 x 768( 260mm x 195mm )  *61
>  1800 x 600( 260mm x 195mm )   73
>  2640 x 480( 260mm x 195mm )   73

You may indeed wish to look up that information somewhere, unless you don't 
really mind low refresh rates. 75 or 85 would be better, if your monitor can 
handle them (it *should* be fine at 1024X768, but...). If you are using a LCD 
display, I understand that low refresh rates aren't quite as bad as with CRT 
screens.

> Thanks indeed,
> Rodolfo

You're welcome,
Anthony


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Re: Screen resolution

[Rodolfo Medina]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> I strongly suspect that my screen resolution is lower than it should be:
>> everything appears very big.
>> Is there a way to check up the real performed resolution?
>> And a way to make it be what it should?
>> When I run 'dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium xserver-xfree86',
>> the resolution displayed is never what I put: 1024×768.
>> I have Sarge 3.1 stable.



Stephen Cormier writes:

> Get out the manual/search online for the specifications for the 
> horizontal and 
> vertical refresh rates for the screen/monitor. Then use advanced when 
> reconfiguring and put in the values when asked, Debian always sets up the 
> refresh rates too low which stops you from getting the higher resolutions.



I don't know the horizontal and vertical refresh rates of my screen,
I should search for them online.
Anyway, the problem seems to be solved now since I run
'$ dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium xserver.xfree86' again and properly 
selected '1024×768' as screen resolution, using the 'space' key.
Now the ouput of 'xrandr' is:

 SZ:Pixels  Physical   Refresh
*0   1024 x 768( 260mm x 195mm )  *61
 1800 x 600( 260mm x 195mm )   73
 2640 x 480( 260mm x 195mm )   73
Current rotation - normal
Current reflection - none
Rotations possible - normal
Reflections possible - none

, and the output of 'xdpyinfo':

screen #0:
  dimensions:1024x768 pixels (260x195 millimeters)
  resolution:100x100 dots per inch
  depths (7):24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:0x3a
  depth of root window:24 planes
  number of colormaps:minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:0x20
  default number of colormap cells:256


. I didn't know I had to use the 'space' key to select and unselct values, 
that's why it didn't work: I hit 'enter'.
I'm new with debian and still don't handle very well the installation debian
tool.

Thanks indeed,
Rodolfo


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Re: Screen resolution

[Digby Tarvin]

On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 12:46:41AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> 
> >> I strongly suspect that my screen resolution is lower than 
> >> it should be:
> >> everything appears very big.
> >> Is there a way to check up the real performed resolution?
> >> And a way to make it be what it should?
> >> When I run 'dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium xserver-xfree86',
> >> the resolution displayed is never what I put: 1024?768.
> >> I have Sarge 3.1 stable.
> 
> Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
> 
> > Try
> > $ xrandr
> 
> Digby Tarvin wrote:
> 
> > xdpyinfo(1) is the traditional X utility for this:
> 
> Thanks.
> Both the utilities seem to agree upon a screen size 
> much smaller than it actually is:
> in fact, 'xrandr' produces the following output:
> 
>  SZ:Pixels  Physical   Refresh
> *0800 x 600( 203mm x 152mm )  *73
>  1640 x 480( 203mm x 152mm )   73
> Current rotation - normal
> Current reflection - none
> Rotations possible - normal
> Reflections possible - none
> 
> 
> , and 'xdpyinfo':
> 
> screen #0:
>   dimensions:800x600 pixels (203x152 millimeters)
>   resolution:100x100 dots per inch
>   depths (7):24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
>   root window id:0x3a
>   depth of root window:24 planes
>   number of colormaps:minimum 1, maximum 1
>   default colormap:0x20
>   default number of colormap cells:256
> 
> , whereas the screen is actually about 305?230 millimeters.
> Any idea how to adjust this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rodolfo

'man xorg.conf' is probably the first place to look for any xserver
configuration problems like this.

Also check the man page for whichever driver is listed in the
'Device' section of xorg.conf.

Regards,
DigbyT

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Re: Screen resolution

[Rodolfo Medina]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> I strongly suspect that my screen resolution is lower than 
>> it should be:
>> everything appears very big.
>> Is there a way to check up the real performed resolution?
>> And a way to make it be what it should?
>> When I run 'dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium xserver-xfree86',
>> the resolution displayed is never what I put: 1024×768.
>> I have Sarge 3.1 stable.



Felix C. Stegerman wrote:

> Try
> $ xrandr


Digby Tarvin wrote:

> xdpyinfo(1) is the traditional X utility for this:



Thanks.
Both the utilities seem to agree upon a screen size 
much smaller than it actually is:
in fact, 'xrandr' produces the following output:

 SZ:Pixels  Physical   Refresh
*0800 x 600( 203mm x 152mm )  *73
 1640 x 480( 203mm x 152mm )   73
Current rotation - normal
Current reflection - none
Rotations possible - normal
Reflections possible - none


, and 'xdpyinfo':

screen #0:
  dimensions:800x600 pixels (203x152 millimeters)
  resolution:100x100 dots per inch
  depths (7):24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:0x3a
  depth of root window:24 planes
  number of colormaps:minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:0x20
  default number of colormap cells:256

, whereas the screen is actually about 305×230 millimeters.
Any idea how to adjust this?

Thanks,
Rodolfo


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Re: Screen resolution

[Stephen Cormier]

On Saturday 29 April 2006 18:05, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi, Debian users.
>
> I strongly suspect that my screen resolution is lower than it should be:
> everything appears very big.
> Is there a way to check up the real performed resolution?
> And a way to make it be what it should?
> When I run 'dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium xserver-xfree86',
> the resolution displayed is never what I put: 1024×768.
> I have Sarge 3.1 stable.
>
> I got no help from the debian-laptop mailing list.
> I hope someone can point me to the right way.
>
> Thanks,
> Rodolfo

Get out the manual/search online for the specifications for the horizontal and 
vertical refresh rates for the screen/monitor. Then use advanced when 
reconfiguring and put in the values when asked, Debian always sets up the 
refresh rates too low which stops you from getting the higher resolutions.

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Re: Screen resolution

[Digby Tarvin]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 11:05:52PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi, Debian users.
> 
> I strongly suspect that my screen resolution is lower than it should be:
> everything appears very big.
> Is there a way to check up the real performed resolution?
> And a way to make it be what it should?
> When I run 'dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium xserver-xfree86',
> the resolution displayed is never what I put: 1024?768.
> I have Sarge 3.1 stable.
> 
> I got no help from the debian-laptop mailing list.
> I hope someone can point me to the right way.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rodolfo

xdpyinfo(1) is the traditional X utility for this:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xdpyinfo
  .
  .
screen #0:
  print screen:no
->dimensions:1280x1024 pixels (369x295 millimeters)
  resolution:88x88 dots per inch
  depths (3):1, 8, 24
  root window id:0x2b
  depth of root window:8 planes
  number of colormaps:minimum 4, maximum 6
  default colormap:0x21
  default number of colormap cells:256
  .
  .

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Re: Screen resolution

[Felix C. Stegerman]

* Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-29 23:05]:
> I strongly suspect that my screen resolution is lower than it should
> be: everything appears very big.
> Is there a way to check up the real performed resolution?

Try
$ xrandr


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Re: Screen resolution problem / unstable

[Matthew R. Dempsky]

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copies.  It's also advisable to avoid top posting your replies.)

On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 09:54:30PM +0100, Steve Sheldon wrote:
> I daren't go to the KDE desktop settings here as it will go directly to
> 800 x 600 max .. grin

Oh, I wonder if I misunderstood.  Do you have full resolution when X 
first starts and it only goes away when you open the KDE settings 
window?  If so, that seems more likely to be a KDE bug (which I 
apologize that I am mostly unfamiliar with and cannot help with any 
further :-().


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Re: Screen resolution problem / unstable

[Steve Sheldon]

Hi,
I daren't go to the KDE desktop settings here as it will go directly to
800 x 600 max .. grin
Meanwhile though I have an Athlon 64 3000, 1Gb ram, and a Siluro GF4 MX-8X
E-Bios V4.18.20.15.0 (c)1996-2000 Nvidia 64Mb Card.
Oddly I havent had this problem before, but whether that is due to Fedora
and SuSe being more plug and play .. I have considered maybe downloading
the NVidia bios update util, but I know that if I do that and update the
kernel I need to get the source code and re-patch the kernel.
My only other thought (bearing in mind I am a newbie at Debian) is maybe
there is some tweaking I can do in the X server config?
I appreciate your help.
Regards
Steve Sheldon

> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:56:26AM +0100, Steve Sheldon wrote:
>> Where my screen resolution has always been stable under SuSE or Fedora,
>> it
>> doesnt appear to be with Debian.
>
> Do you recall if you also used the nv driver on SuSE/Fedora, or did you
> use nvidia or something else?
>
> Also, it would probably be helpful to know what specific video card you
> have.
>
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Re: Screen resolution problem / unstable

[Matthew R. Dempsky]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:56:26AM +0100, Steve Sheldon wrote:
> Where my screen resolution has always been stable under SuSE or Fedora, it
> doesnt appear to be with Debian.

Do you recall if you also used the nv driver on SuSE/Fedora, or did you 
use nvidia or something else?

Also, it would probably be helpful to know what specific video card you 
have.


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Re: screen resolution in GUI

[David R. Litwin]

On 16/12/05, Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David R. Litwin wrote on Dec, 16:> > I keep trying to get Debian to load a GUI to 1280X1024 resolution.  I run> > the install and select the correct driver for my video card.  Then when it> > asks about my monitor I select the medium option and select 1280X1024 @ 75.
> > I know this resolution is supported for this monitor but I continue to get> > to the GUI and only supports 800X600 and 640X480 are available.  Any> > suggestions on how to fix this?
Here is my xorg.conf. If you have a wide-screen 15.4 inch laptop, these are the settings. I have removed all of the un-necesary bits.Cheers.# 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 xorg.conf manual page.# (Type "man 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 commands as root:##   cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom#   md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum#   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Section "Device"    Identifier    "ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 IGP"    Driver        "ati"EndSectionSection "Monitor"    Identifier    "WXGA Wide-Screen"
    Option        "DPMS"    HorizSync    30-90    VertRefresh    31.5-79EndSectionSection "Screen"    Identifier    "Default Screen"    Device        "ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 IGP"
    Monitor        "WXGA Wide-Screen"    DefaultDepth    24    SubSection "Display"        Depth        1        Modes        "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection    SubSection "Display"        Depth        4        Modes        "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"    EndSubSection    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        8        Modes        "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"    EndSubSection    SubSection "Display"        Depth        15
        Modes        "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"    EndSubSection    SubSection "Display"        Depth        16        Modes        "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection    SubSection "Display"        Depth        24        Modes        "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"    EndSubSectionEndSection
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Re: screen resolution in GUI

[Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragao]

David R. Litwin wrote on Dec, 16:
> > I keep trying to get Debian to load a GUI to 1280X1024 resolution.  I run
> > the install and select the correct driver for my video card.  Then when it
> > asks about my monitor I select the medium option and select 1280X1024 @ 75.
> > I know this resolution is supported for this monitor but I continue to get
> > to the GUI and only supports 800X600 and 640X480 are available.  Any
> > suggestions on how to fix this?

I had, have, exactly the same problem. I must admit the problem still baffles 
me but is half-solved now, thanks to Knoppix.

Problem before: a Fujitsu laptop with an LCD capable of 800x600, connected to 
a Samsung monitor capable of 1024x768. No matter how much I tweaked 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before that), the resolution was 
always set to 800x600.

Half-solution now: I booted with a Knoppix Live CD, which created an 
XF86Config-4 with a lot of fancy modelines, and X was started with 1024x768.  
I overwrote my xorg.conf with Knoppix-generated XF86Config-4, rebooted with 
Debian and, voilà, 1024x768 resolution.

The half-problem now: the screen is not completely used: 1.5 cm vertical black 
stripes on each side. I tried to lower the default color depth, from 16 to 8, 
but then the screen went black when X was restarted. I got the impression that 
the modelines would have to be different for a different color depth, and 
Knoppix seemed to have detected the right ones for color depth 16.

I hope this helps somehow
Paulo


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Re: screen resolution in GUI

[David R. Litwin]

On 15/12/05, Dan Sheffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I keep trying to get Debian to load a GUI to 1280X1024
resolution.  I run the install and select the correct driver for
my video card.  Then when it asks about my monitor I select the
medium option and select 1280X1024 @ 75.  I know this resolution
is supported for this monitor but I continue to get to the GUI and only
supports 800X600 and 640X480 are available.  Any suggestions on
how to fix this?

It is necessary to add certain elements to xorg.conf or xfree86.conf (or whatever it is for XFree86) which can be found at /etc/X11. First, follow the directions at the top of the file. They will tell you how to edit it (if you just edit, it won't update properly). Under configured screen (I'm not too sure what the sub-heading is: look for "800x600" "640x480"), add "1280x1024".
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Re: screen resolution

[Seeker5528]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:58:51 +
Bob Hynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Can someone remind me how to change the screen resolution in Debian when
> the "Configure - Desktop" application doesn't have the option for 1024 X
> 768? I can't get anything higher than 832 X 624 at 75Hz. I know the
> system is capable of it with Windows.

Same suggestion as already posted:

"with   #  dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 .or.   xserver--xorg  
gives you that opportunity."

: with the additional suggestion that you find out what horizontal sync
and vertical refresh your monitor is capable of before you reconfigure
so that when you get to the monitor configuration step you can choose
advanced and type in the correct ranges for example:

HorizSync   31-85
VertRefresh 50-160  

: are the numbers for my monitor (ViewSonic 21PS).

If you have the documentation for the monitor these numbers should be
in there, could be on a sticker on the monitor as well, if not google
for it.

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RE: screen resolution

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You could edit XFree86 config file:
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4




--- Bob Hynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :

> Can someone remind me how to change the screen
> resolution in Debian when
> the "Configure - Desktop" application doesn't have
> the option for 1024 X
> 768? I can't get anything higher than 832 X 624 at
> 75Hz. I know the
> system is capable of it with Windows.
> 
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Re: screen resolution

[steef]

Bob Hynes wrote:


Can someone remind me how to change the screen resolution in Debian when
the "Configure - Desktop" application doesn't have the option for 1024 X
768? I can't get anything higher than 832 X 624 at 75Hz. I know the
system is capable of it with Windows.


 

with   #  dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 .or.   xserver--xorg  
gives you that opportunity.


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Re: Re: screen resolution

[Leonardo Sá]

Did you try to check the X log? It usually has useful information regarding problems with the video.

LeoOn 9/14/05, Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 09/14/2005 03:10 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:> only thing I can think of is that your monitor settings aren't right.> I had similar problems for a while with my envision en-710e. my horiz> sync and vert refresh ranges weren't right and consequently it
> couldn't get a good set-up for the higher res. I adjusted those> numbers to some conservative ranges that fit the monitor specs and> problem solved. youmight check the monitor specs and see if you can
> make that work. be conservative soyou don't fry the monitor.>> hth>> AndrewI also once had a similar problem.  Using the specs from the monitordata sheet still limited me to 800 X 600.  Solution was to boot with
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Re: Re: screen resolution

[Ralph Katz]

On 09/14/2005 03:10 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:

> only thing I can think of is that your monitor settings aren't right.
> I had similar problems for a while with my envision en-710e. my horiz
> sync and vert refresh ranges weren't right and consequently it
> couldn't get a good set-up for the higher res. I adjusted those
> numbers to some conservative ranges that fit the monitor specs and
> problem solved. youmight check the monitor specs and see if you can
> make that work. be conservative soyou don't fry the monitor.
> 
> hth
> 
> Andrew

I also once had a similar problem.  Using the specs from the monitor
data sheet still limited me to 800 X 600.  Solution was to boot with
knoppix, then copy that config file to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 .  Result:
full monitor resolution available to sarge.

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Re: screen resolution

[Andrew Sackville-West]

Chris Parker wrote:

<>>>


Section "Device"
 Identifier  "Generic Video Card"
 Driver  "vesa"
 BusID   "PCI:0:2:0"
#   VideoRam16384
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier  "MX70"
 HorizSync   30-70
 VertRefresh 47-120
 Option  "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier  "Default Screen"
 Device  "Generic Video Card"
 Monitor "MX70"
 DefaultDepth24
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth   1
 Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth   4
 Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth   8
 Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth   15
 Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth   16
 Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth   24
 Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
EndSection


<<>>>




switched to the i810 driver, but screen still won't go above 800x600.
what file is causing this?  tried using enlightenment, blackbox, and 
gnome.  none will go to 1024x768???


thanks again




only thing I can think of is that your monitor settings aren't right. I 
had similar problems for a while with my envision en-710e. my horiz sync 
and vert refresh ranges weren't right and consequently it couldn't get a 
good set-up for the higher res. I adjusted those numbers to some 
conservative ranges that fit the monitor specs and problem solved. 
youmight check the monitor specs and see if you can make that work. be 
conservative soyou don't fry the monitor.


hth

Andrew


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Re: screen resolution

[Chris Parker]

On Tuesday 13 September 2005 03:17 pm, Joseph H. Fry wrote:
> Chris Parker wrote:
> >On Tuesday 13 September 2005 01:36 pm, Joseph H. Fry wrote:
> >>Chris Parker wrote:
> >>>First off - kern = 2.6.8-2-i686
> >>>Package: xserver-xfree86
> >>>Status: install ok installed
> >>>Priority: optional
> >>>Section: x11
> >>>Installed-Size: 15616
> >>>Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force 
> >>>Architecture: i386
> >>>Source: xfree86
> >>>Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14
> >>>--
> >>>gnome resolution set at 800x600 will not go to 1024x768
> >>>
> >>># XF86Config-4 (XFree86 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 XF86Config-4 manual
> >>>page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
> >>>#
> >>># This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package
> >>>upgrades *only*
> >>># if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the
> >>>xserver-xfree86
> >>># package.
> >>>#
> >>># If you have edited this file but would like it to be
> >>>automatically updated
> >>># again, run the following commands as root:
> >>>#
> >>>#   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
> >>>#   md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >>>
> /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum #   dpkg-reconfigure
> >>>
> >>>xserver-xfree86
> >>>
> >>>Section "Files"
> >>>   FontPath"unix/:7100"# local
> >>>font server
> >>>   # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back
> >>>on these
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "Module"
> >>>   Load"GLcore"
> >>>   Load"bitmap"
> >>>   Load"dbe"
> >>>   Load"ddc"
> >>>   Load"dri"
> >>>   Load"extmod"
> >>>   Load"freetype"
> >>>   Load"glx"
> >>>   Load"int10"
> >>>   Load"record"
> >>>   Load"speedo"
> >>>   Load"type1"
> >>>   Load"vbe"
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "InputDevice"
> >>>   Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
> >>>   Driver  "keyboard"
> >>>   Option  "CoreKeyboard"
> >>>   Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
> >>>   Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
> >>>   Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
> >>>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 "Device"
> >>>   Identifier  "Generic Video Card"
> >>>   Driver  "vesa"
> >>>   BusID   "PCI:0:2:0"
> >>>#   VideoRam16384
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "Monitor"
> >>>   Identifier  "MX70"
> >>>   HorizSync   30-70
> >>>   VertRefresh 47-120
> >>>   Option  "DPMS"
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "Screen"
> >>>   Identifier  "Default Screen"
> >>>   Device  "Generic Video Card"
> >>>   Monitor "MX70"
> >>>   DefaultDepth24
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   1
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   4
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   8
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   15
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   16
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   24
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "ServerLayout"
> >>>   Identifier  "Default Layout"
>

Re: screen resolution

[Chris Parker]

On Tuesday 13 September 2005 03:17 pm, Joseph H. Fry wrote:
> Chris Parker wrote:
> >On Tuesday 13 September 2005 01:36 pm, Joseph H. Fry wrote:
> >>Chris Parker wrote:
> >>>First off - kern = 2.6.8-2-i686
> >>>Package: xserver-xfree86
> >>>Status: install ok installed
> >>>Priority: optional
> >>>Section: x11
> >>>Installed-Size: 15616
> >>>Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force 
> >>>Architecture: i386
> >>>Source: xfree86
> >>>Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14
> >>>--
> >>>gnome resolution set at 800x600 will not go to 1024x768
> >>>
> >>># XF86Config-4 (XFree86 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 XF86Config-4 manual
> >>>page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
> >>>#
> >>># This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package
> >>>upgrades *only*
> >>># if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the
> >>>xserver-xfree86
> >>># package.
> >>>#
> >>># If you have edited this file but would like it to be
> >>>automatically updated
> >>># again, run the following commands as root:
> >>>#
> >>>#   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
> >>>#   md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >>>
> /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum #   dpkg-reconfigure
> >>>
> >>>xserver-xfree86
> >>>
> >>>Section "Files"
> >>>   FontPath"unix/:7100"# local
> >>>font server
> >>>   # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back
> >>>on these
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> >>>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "Module"
> >>>   Load"GLcore"
> >>>   Load"bitmap"
> >>>   Load"dbe"
> >>>   Load"ddc"
> >>>   Load"dri"
> >>>   Load"extmod"
> >>>   Load"freetype"
> >>>   Load"glx"
> >>>   Load"int10"
> >>>   Load"record"
> >>>   Load"speedo"
> >>>   Load"type1"
> >>>   Load"vbe"
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "InputDevice"
> >>>   Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
> >>>   Driver  "keyboard"
> >>>   Option  "CoreKeyboard"
> >>>   Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
> >>>   Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
> >>>   Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
> >>>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 "Device"
> >>>   Identifier  "Generic Video Card"
> >>>   Driver  "vesa"
> >>>   BusID   "PCI:0:2:0"
> >>>#   VideoRam16384
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "Monitor"
> >>>   Identifier  "MX70"
> >>>   HorizSync   30-70
> >>>   VertRefresh 47-120
> >>>   Option  "DPMS"
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "Screen"
> >>>   Identifier  "Default Screen"
> >>>   Device  "Generic Video Card"
> >>>   Monitor "MX70"
> >>>   DefaultDepth24
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   1
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   4
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   8
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   15
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   16
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>   SubSection "Display"
> >>>   Depth   24
> >>>   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >>>   EndSubSection
> >>>EndSection
> >>>
> >>>Section "ServerLayout"
> >>>   Identifier  "Default Layout"
>

Re: screen resolution

[Joseph H. Fry]

Chris Parker wrote:


On Tuesday 13 September 2005 01:36 pm, Joseph H. Fry wrote:
 


Chris Parker wrote:
   


First off - kern = 2.6.8-2-i686
Package: xserver-xfree86
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 15616
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force 
Architecture: i386
Source: xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14
--
gnome resolution set at 800x600 will not go to 1024x768

# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 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 XF86Config-4 manual
page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package
upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the
xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be
automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
#   md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
 


/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum #   dpkg-reconfigure
   


xserver-xfree86

Section "Files"
  FontPath"unix/:7100"# local
font server
  # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back
on these
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
  FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load"GLcore"
  Load"bitmap"
  Load"dbe"
  Load"ddc"
  Load"dri"
  Load"extmod"
  Load"freetype"
  Load"glx"
  Load"int10"
  Load"record"
  Load"speedo"
  Load"type1"
  Load"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
  Driver  "keyboard"
  Option  "CoreKeyboard"
  Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
  Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
  Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
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 "Device"
  Identifier  "Generic Video Card"
  Driver  "vesa"
  BusID   "PCI:0:2:0"
#   VideoRam16384
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier  "MX70"
  HorizSync   30-70
  VertRefresh 47-120
  Option  "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier  "Default Screen"
  Device  "Generic Video Card"
  Monitor "MX70"
  DefaultDepth24
  SubSection "Display"
  Depth   1
  Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
  Depth   4
  Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
  Depth   8
  Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
  Depth   15
  Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
  Depth   16
  Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
  Depth   24
  Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier  "Default Layout"
  Screen  "Default Screen"
  InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
  InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

#Section "DRI"
#   Mode0666
#EndSection
--
-

where is setting to change resolution ??

thanks
 


Try removing the "DPMS" option on your monitor... otherwise your
config is correct to default to 1024x768
   



tried that -still doesnt work.  here is a lspci list. 

:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 
82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01) 
(prog-if 00 [VGA])

   Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 8093
   Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- 
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
   Statu

Re: screen resolution

[Chris Parker]

On Tuesday 13 September 2005 01:36 pm, Joseph H. Fry wrote:
> Chris Parker wrote:
> >First off - kern = 2.6.8-2-i686
> >Package: xserver-xfree86
> >Status: install ok installed
> >Priority: optional
> >Section: x11
> >Installed-Size: 15616
> >Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force 
> >Architecture: i386
> >Source: xfree86
> >Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14
> >--
> >gnome resolution set at 800x600 will not go to 1024x768
> >
> > # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 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 XF86Config-4 manual
> > page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
> >#
> ># This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package
> >upgrades *only*
> ># if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the
> >xserver-xfree86
> ># package.
> >#
> ># If you have edited this file but would like it to be
> > automatically updated
> ># again, run the following commands as root:
> >#
> >#   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
> >#   md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> > >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum #   dpkg-reconfigure
> > xserver-xfree86
> >
> >Section "Files"
> >FontPath"unix/:7100"# local
> > font server
> ># if the local font server has problems, we can fall back
> > on these
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> >FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Module"
> >Load"GLcore"
> >Load"bitmap"
> >Load"dbe"
> >Load"ddc"
> >Load"dri"
> >Load"extmod"
> >Load"freetype"
> >Load"glx"
> >Load"int10"
> >Load"record"
> >Load"speedo"
> >Load"type1"
> >Load"vbe"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "InputDevice"
> >Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
> >Driver  "keyboard"
> >Option  "CoreKeyboard"
> >Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
> >Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
> >Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
> >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 "Device"
> >Identifier  "Generic Video Card"
> >Driver  "vesa"
> >BusID   "PCI:0:2:0"
> >#   VideoRam16384
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Monitor"
> >Identifier  "MX70"
> >HorizSync   30-70
> >VertRefresh 47-120
> >Option  "DPMS"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Screen"
> >Identifier  "Default Screen"
> >Device  "Generic Video Card"
> >Monitor "MX70"
> >DefaultDepth24
> >SubSection "Display"
> >Depth   1
> >Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >EndSubSection
> >SubSection "Display"
> >Depth   4
> >Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >EndSubSection
> >SubSection "Display"
> >Depth   8
> >Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >EndSubSection
> >SubSection "Display"
> >Depth   15
> >Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >EndSubSection
> >SubSection "Display"
> >Depth   16
> >Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >EndSubSection
> >SubSection "Display"
> >Depth   24
> >Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >EndSubSection
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "ServerLayout"
> >Identifier  "Default Layout"
> >Screen  "Default Screen"
> >InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> >InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> >EndSection
> >
> >#Section "DRI"
> >#   Mode0666
> >#EndSection
> >--
> >

Re: screen resolution

[Joseph H. Fry]

Chris Parker wrote:


First off - kern = 2.6.8-2-i686
Package: xserver-xfree86
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 15616
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force 
Architecture: i386
Source: xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14
--
gnome resolution set at 800x600 will not go to 1024x768

# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 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 XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package 
upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the 
xserver-xfree86

# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically 
updated

# again, run the following commands as root:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
#   md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
#   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Section "Files"
   FontPath"unix/:7100"# local font 
server
   # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on 
these

   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load"GLcore"
   Load"bitmap"
   Load"dbe"
   Load"ddc"
   Load"dri"
   Load"extmod"
   Load"freetype"
   Load"glx"
   Load"int10"
   Load"record"
   Load"speedo"
   Load"type1"
   Load"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
   Driver  "keyboard"
   Option  "CoreKeyboard"
   Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
   Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
   Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
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 "Device"
   Identifier  "Generic Video Card"
   Driver  "vesa"
   BusID   "PCI:0:2:0"
#   VideoRam16384
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier  "MX70"
   HorizSync   30-70
   VertRefresh 47-120
   Option  "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier  "Default Screen"
   Device  "Generic Video Card"
   Monitor "MX70"
   DefaultDepth24
   SubSection "Display"
   Depth   1
   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Depth   4
   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Depth   8
   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Depth   15
   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Depth   16
   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Depth   24
   Modes   "1024X768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier  "Default Layout"
   Screen  "Default Screen"
   InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
   InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

#Section "DRI"
#   Mode0666
#EndSection
---

where is setting to change resolution ??

thanks 



 

Try removing the "DPMS" option on your monitor... otherwise your config 
is correct to default to 1024x768



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