Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
--- On Thu, 2/19/09, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 Thanks for the link :) -- Ink Bottle > > -- > Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-02-19 05:21 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/18/2009 10:13 PM, S D wrote: It appears that video card configuration was removed from dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced it? How can one reconfigure video card in lenny? It's supposed to be automagic now, built into xorg itself. If that doesn't work, "Xorg -configure" should give you a starting point for xorg.conf. Further customizing has to be done with your favorite text editor. I was reading about that in the man page. Does that generate an xorg.conf file that matches what xorg does automatically with the new, almost empty .conf file? So that if you use the generated file you get the same options as you get with the automagic method, but have the option to tweak it? -- Marc Shapiro mshapiro...@yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
[ Please wrap your lines at 80 characters or less; this increases the likelihood of people reading your posts. (It is also part of the code of conduct for Debian mailing lists.) ] On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 23:33:32 -0800, S D wrote: > On Thu, 2/19/09, Sven Joachim wrote: [...] >> If that doesn't work, "Xorg -configure"should give you a starting >> point for xorg.conf. Further customizing has to be done with your >> favorite text editor. [...] > I'm trying to resolve a specific issue that appeared after upgrade > from etch to lenny, see > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515840. > > In etch the video card was configured using dpkg-reconfigure and it > was working marvelously. In lenny it's all screwed up and > dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to reconfigure the video card. It's > simply not clear for what needs to be customized to get it working. The "new way" to configure resolution, multiple heads, etc. is via RandR: http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 There are several graphical tools for configuring RandR in the Debian archives, see "apt-cache search randr". If your driver/hardware combination does not support the RandR extension then you can add the old-fashioned "Modes" lines to your xorg.conf yourself, following Sven's hint on how to get started. (Proprietary drivers often have a vendor-specific tool for configuration.) -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
S D wrote: > --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Sven Joachim wrote: > It appears that video card configuration was >> removed from dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced >> it? How can one reconfigure video card in lenny? >>> It's supposed to be automagic now, built into xorg >> itself. >> >> If that doesn't work, "Xorg -configure" >> should give you a starting point >> for xorg.conf. Further customizing has to be done with >> your favorite >> text editor. > > I'm trying to resolve a specific issue that appeared after upgrade from etch > to lenny, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515840. > > In etch the video card was configured using dpkg-reconfigure and it was > working marvelously. In lenny it's all screwed up and dpkg-reconfigure no > longer allows to reconfigure the video card. It's simply not clear for what > needs to be customized to get it working. > > Thanks I use Testing. I think I hit that situation when the change occurred. The solution, at least for me, at that time was to just rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf to something else and restart gdm. Xorg then, not finding any xorg.conf, creating a new file which, IIRC, seemed to work right out of the box. But I understand your situation. The earlier ncurses dialog for configuring the xserver had more information than the present method, whatever that is. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
--- On Thu, 2/19/09, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> It appears that video card configuration was > removed from > >> dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced > it? How can one > >> reconfigure video card in lenny? > > > > It's supposed to be automagic now, built into xorg > itself. > > If that doesn't work, "Xorg -configure" > should give you a starting point > for xorg.conf. Further customizing has to be done with > your favorite > text editor. I'm trying to resolve a specific issue that appeared after upgrade from etch to lenny, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515840. In etch the video card was configured using dpkg-reconfigure and it was working marvelously. In lenny it's all screwed up and dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to reconfigure the video card. It's simply not clear for what needs to be customized to get it working. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
On 2009-02-19 05:21 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/18/2009 10:13 PM, S D wrote: >> >> It appears that video card configuration was removed from >> dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced it? How can one >> reconfigure video card in lenny? > > It's supposed to be automagic now, built into xorg itself. If that doesn't work, "Xorg -configure" should give you a starting point for xorg.conf. Further customizing has to be done with your favorite text editor. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
>> dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced it? How can one >> reconfigure video card in lenny? > > It's supposed to be automagic now, built into xorg itself. > Bulletproof X? And when it _doesn't_ work what does one do? My laptop has a problematic 1680x1050 monitor, and I always have to play with something to get it working after an install. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
On 02/18/2009 10:13 PM, S D wrote: --- On Wed, 2/18/09, S D wrote: I tried "dpkg-recofigure xserver-xorg" but the reconfig process asked some questions about the keyboard it didn't ask anything at all about the videocard and/or monitor. It appears that video card configuration was removed from > dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced it? How can one > reconfigure video card in lenny? It's supposed to be automagic now, built into xorg itself. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Supporting World Peace Through Nuclear Pacification -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?
--- On Wed, 2/18/09, S D wrote: > I tried "dpkg-recofigure xserver-xorg" but the > reconfig process asked some questions about the keyboard it > didn't ask anything at all about the videocard and/or monitor. It appears that video card configuration was removed from dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced it? How can one reconfigure video card in lenny? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
