Re: improve screen resolution
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:56:16 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 04/11/2010 12:49, Camaleón wrote: >>> The word 'sis' to be replaced by 'vesa in the whole file'? >>> >> Yes... okay, I'll put it all together in pastebin (just copy/paste): >> >> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=2nXCCgM5 >> >> >> > UNBELIEVABLE...now need to improve my specs resolution. Running at > 1280x768 and have 1024x768 to spare. Yeeepy! You finally got it :-) Now save your current "xorg.conf" file in a safe-box with 5 locks... just in case :-P > Now I need to say THANK YOU in capital letters. > > Did what you said and there it is. > > My internet banking can see all and room to spare. > > I even contacted siemens SA to lookinto another chipset. Still waiting. > > May this help others users to improve their resolution. Easy ... a > driver available on the net by you and others. The drawback is that you are still using the VESA driver which is not the optimal for your card (no 2D/3D acceleration so playing videos can become a bit slow) but well, at least you can continue working with that until "sis" driver gets the bug solved (from time to time, just try to load the system with no "xorg.conf" file to check if the problem has gone). > Kind regards > Johan > > This was a very good day for me. Good job sir, congrats! Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.04.13.17...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 04/11/2010 12:49, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:04:12 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 22:03, Camaleón wrote: (...) So back to work, copy/paste the "xorg.conf" detailed in this message¹, restart the computer and check if you see any improvement. (...) ¹http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741#5 How much of that xorg should I copy? The whole content. The word 'sis' to be replaced by 'vesa in the whole file'? Yes... okay, I'll put it all together in pastebin (just copy/paste): http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=2nXCCgM5 Greetings, UNBELIEVABLE...now need to improve my specs resolution. Running at 1280x768 and have 1024x768 to spare. Now I need to say THANK YOU in capital letters. Did what you said and there it is. My internet banking can see all and room to spare. I even contacted siemens SA to lookinto another chipset. Still waiting. May this help others users to improve their resolution. Easy ... a driver available on the net by you and others. Kind regards Johan This was a very good day for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd2bb80.9010...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:04:12 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 03/11/2010 22:03, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> So back to work, copy/paste the "xorg.conf" detailed in this message¹, >> restart the computer and check if you see any improvement. (...) >> ¹http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741#5 >> >> >> > How much of that xorg should I copy? The whole content. > The word 'sis' to be replaced by 'vesa in the whole file'? Yes... okay, I'll put it all together in pastebin (just copy/paste): http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=2nXCCgM5 Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.04.10.49...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:22:59 +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 20:03 +, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> So back to work, copy/paste the "xorg.conf" detailed in this message¹, >> restart the computer and check if you see any improvement. > > It might also be worth checking if the Suse installation, which IIRC > works ok, has a good xorg.conf? Yep, any test can lead to the final a victory and is worth a try :-) Anyway, I'm afraid openSUSE packages a completely different driver but at least the information in xorg.conf (if present, because openSUSE 11.3 does not use that file at all) could be useful. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.04.10.44...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 03/11/2010 22:22, Richard Hector wrote: On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 20:03 +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve this. It was a learning experience for me. Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks. Regards Hey, don't give up so easily! :-) Let's return to the beginning... we have this bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741 What we have here is a user using a computer like yours (or quite similar, it's a "Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile v5535"), running Squeeze (like you) and he can get a higher resolution with VESA driver (1280x800). So back to work, copy/paste the "xorg.conf" detailed in this message¹, restart the computer and check if you see any improvement. It might also be worth checking if the Suse installation, which IIRC works ok, has a good xorg.conf? Suse handles it differently it seems to me. There is not one xorg file some smaller ones like screen, monitor, devices, etc. Johan Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd2650c.9050...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
> On 03/11/2010 11:42, Chris Davies asked: >> Do you have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Johan Scheepers replied: > No. Not such file. Right. Try creating the file with the attached content. I tested it on my laptop, and it appears to work for me. Chris cut-here Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen" 0 0 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0 VertRefresh 60.0 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen" Monitor"Monitor" DefaultDepth16 SubSection "Display" Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection cut-here -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/lv49q7xouk@news.roaima.co.uk
Re: improve screen resolution
On 03/11/2010 22:03, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve this. It was a learning experience for me. Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks. Regards Hey, don't give up so easily! :-) Let's return to the beginning... we have this bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741 What we have here is a user using a computer like yours (or quite similar, it's a "Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile v5535"), running Squeeze (like you) and he can get a higher resolution with VESA driver (1280x800). So back to work, copy/paste the "xorg.conf" detailed in this message¹, restart the computer and check if you see any improvement. Just remember to keep: *** Driver "vesa" *** Instead: *** Driver "sis" *** ¹http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741#5 Greetings, How much of that xorg should I copy? The word 'sis' to be replaced by 'vesa in the whole file'? Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd1ce4c.1020...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 20:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > > > Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve > > this. It was a learning experience for me. > > Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks. Regards > > Hey, don't give up so easily! :-) > > Let's return to the beginning... we have this bug report: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741 > > What we have here is a user using a computer like yours (or quite > similar, it's a "Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile v5535"), running Squeeze (like > you) and he can get a higher resolution with VESA driver (1280x800). > > So back to work, copy/paste the "xorg.conf" detailed in this message¹, > restart the computer and check if you see any improvement. It might also be worth checking if the Suse installation, which IIRC works ok, has a good xorg.conf? Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1288815779.23610.4.ca...@topaz.wgtn.cat-it.co.nz
Re: improve screen resolution
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve > this. It was a learning experience for me. > Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks. Regards Hey, don't give up so easily! :-) Let's return to the beginning... we have this bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741 What we have here is a user using a computer like yours (or quite similar, it's a "Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile v5535"), running Squeeze (like you) and he can get a higher resolution with VESA driver (1280x800). So back to work, copy/paste the "xorg.conf" detailed in this message¹, restart the computer and check if you see any improvement. Just remember to keep: *** Driver "vesa" *** Instead: *** Driver "sis" *** ¹http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741#5 Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.03.20.03...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 03/11/2010 19:46, Morgan Gangwere wrote: On 11/2/2010 12:20 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: [stuff] I've had exactly similar problems... And mine were solved by building my own Xorg configuration. Part of this was by going around and doing VERY general google searches about my laptop and linux/X. The other part of it was going and getting another dist to generate an xorg.conf that worked (somewhat), copying that onto a flash drive or to dropbox or something. Here's what I think /your/ xorg.conf file is going to look like: ---8<--- xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "SiS Graphics Adapter" Driver "sis" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "SiS Graphics Adapter" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection 8< Its worth a shot. Thanks for your suggestion. First - copied your file into xorg.conf. It complained and crashed. second - cut away excess and only left what is to do with screen. It did not complain but went in to console mode. third - tried some more little tweaks. No difference. Now again no xorg.conf file. Kind regards Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd1b494@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On 11/2/2010 12:20 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: [stuff] I've had exactly similar problems... And mine were solved by building my own Xorg configuration. Part of this was by going around and doing VERY general google searches about my laptop and linux/X. The other part of it was going and getting another dist to generate an xorg.conf that worked (somewhat), copying that onto a flash drive or to dropbox or something. Here's what I think /your/ xorg.conf file is going to look like: ---8<--- xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "SiS Graphics Adapter" Driver "sis" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "SiS Graphics Adapter" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection 8< Its worth a shot. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: improve screen resolution
On 03/11/2010 18:09, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:47:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 17:15, Camaleón wrote: So jump to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login as root and run: init 1 Re-type root's password to get into maintenance console and follow the last steps: cd /etc/X11/ Xorg -configure Well the short of it..it ends in .. ABORT. Ouch! :-( I can't figure out what is going wrong here. "Xorg -configure" it's a very basic step that should work under any circumstances :-? Sorry, I'm getting out of ideas. Any suggestions for maybe a new card that is supported by squeeze? But didn't you own a laptop? How could you change the VGA card? I know there are some external VGA ATI devices but AFAIK they are bundled with concrete laptop brands, not suitable for all laptops. Or a card that is more compatible with linux distros? Your card should be compatible... problem here is that you are hitting a bug in Debian's xorg driver package (the one I already told you). Now say I do replace the card. How will debian handle it and maybe the other distros that I have on external disks without reinstalling. Suse11.3, Ubuntu 10.10. Almost any common VGA card (ati, nvidia or intel) would be fine. For instance, I've got a nvidia 7600GS (quite old, I know) running on Debian lenny pretty fine and previously was running on openSUSE 10.3 :-) Today, installing a new VGA card should be an automatic step in latest distributions (as openSUSE 11.3 and Ubuntu 10.10) because Xorg has been automated precisely to achieve this situation (VGA card replacement, monitor change...). Only when facing problems (such your case, I guess) manual tweaks are required. Greetings, Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve this. It was a learning experience for me. Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks. Regards Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd19574.1050...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:47:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 03/11/2010 17:15, Camaleón wrote: >> So jump to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login as root and run: >> >> init 1 >> >> Re-type root's password to get into maintenance console and follow the >> last steps: >> >> cd /etc/X11/ >> Xorg -configure >> >> > Well the short of it..it ends in .. ABORT. Ouch! :-( I can't figure out what is going wrong here. "Xorg -configure" it's a very basic step that should work under any circumstances :-? Sorry, I'm getting out of ideas. > Any suggestions for maybe a new card that is supported by squeeze? But didn't you own a laptop? How could you change the VGA card? I know there are some external VGA ATI devices but AFAIK they are bundled with concrete laptop brands, not suitable for all laptops. > Or a card that is more compatible with linux distros? Your card should be compatible... problem here is that you are hitting a bug in Debian's xorg driver package (the one I already told you). > Now say I do replace the card. > How will debian handle it and maybe the other distros that I have on > external disks without reinstalling. > Suse11.3, Ubuntu 10.10. Almost any common VGA card (ati, nvidia or intel) would be fine. For instance, I've got a nvidia 7600GS (quite old, I know) running on Debian lenny pretty fine and previously was running on openSUSE 10.3 :-) Today, installing a new VGA card should be an automatic step in latest distributions (as openSUSE 11.3 and Ubuntu 10.10) because Xorg has been automated precisely to achieve this situation (VGA card replacement, monitor change...). Only when facing problems (such your case, I guess) manual tweaks are required. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.03.16.09...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 03/11/2010 17:15, Camaleón wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:26:33 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote:
On 03/11/2010 14:25, Camaleón wrote:
My bad. In squeeze it is called gdm3:
/etc/init.d/gdm3 stop
And follow the rest of the steps..
** (gdm3 : 2656) : Warning : Failed to aquire org.name.displaymanager
" " " could not aquire name :
bailing out.
Then the next command also balks.
Uh? :-?
Well... you have to understand what we are trying to get with that. The
goal is to kill the X server (your X session) in order you can run "Xorg -
configure" command.
If killing gdm3 does not work, you can try by calling "init 1" ("init 1"
is single-user mode with no graphical server) and run the command from
there.
So jump to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login as root and run:
init 1
Re-type root's password to get into maintenance console and follow the
last steps:
cd /etc/X11/
Xorg -configure
Well the short of it..it ends in .. ABORT.
Any suggestions for maybe a new card that is supported by squeeze?
Or a card that is more compatible with linux distros?
Now say I do replace the card.
How will debian handle it and maybe the other distros that I have on
external disks without reinstalling.
Suse11.3, Ubuntu 10.10.
Thanks
If something goes wrong (or you feel in panic :-P), you can always return
back to your "safe place" by:
su - youruser
startx
Greetings,
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Re: improve screen resolution
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:26:33 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote:
> On 03/11/2010 14:25, Camaleón wrote:
>> My bad. In squeeze it is called gdm3:
>>
>> /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop
>>
>> And follow the rest of the steps..
>
> ** (gdm3 : 2656) : Warning : Failed to aquire org.name.displaymanager
> " " " could not aquire name :
> bailing out.
> Then the next command also balks.
Uh? :-?
Well... you have to understand what we are trying to get with that. The
goal is to kill the X server (your X session) in order you can run "Xorg -
configure" command.
If killing gdm3 does not work, you can try by calling "init 1" ("init 1"
is single-user mode with no graphical server) and run the command from
there.
So jump to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login as root and run:
init 1
Re-type root's password to get into maintenance console and follow the
last steps:
cd /etc/X11/
Xorg -configure
If something goes wrong (or you feel in panic :-P), you can always return
back to your "safe place" by:
su - youruser
startx
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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Re: improve screen resolution
On 03/11/2010 11:42, Chris Davies wrote: lee quoted the pastbin: (II) VESA(0):: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (II) VESA(0):: Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) It seems to me that this explains why X won't kick into 1024x768 mode (it thinks the monitor can't handle it). 1. Do you have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf? No. Not such file. If so, please could you paste the "Monitor" sections that include any reference to "HorizSync" or "VertRefresh". (Better still, pastebin the entire file.) For example, mine has a section that looks like this: Section "Monitor" Identifier "DELL 2007FP" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "DELL 2007FP" HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 EndSection 2. For your monitor, can you please identify the Horizontal Sync frequency range that it can support (this will be in the booklet, or you can try searching for it online). Sorry no booklet. Was a demonstration model. On the net..: fujitso siemens esprimo mobile does not display the freq. Cheers, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd163c3.1030...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On 03/11/2010 14:25, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:55 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: O.k. Try to let Xorg to generate by itself a "xorg.conf" file. If you are under gnome, go to a tty (ctrl+alt+f1) and then as root run: /etc/init.d/gdm stop Report no such file. There is no file. My bad. In squeeze it is called gdm3: /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop And follow the rest of the steps.. ** (gdm3 : 2656) : Warning : Failed to aquire org.name.displaymanager " " " could not aquire name : bailing out. Then the next command also balks. . Then cd into /etc/X11 directory: cd /etc/X11/ Once here, run: Xorg -configure Reports Fatal error and a lot stuff Question..: Once in tty, how to return to gnome grafical. Ctrl+Alt+F7 :-) Greetings, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd16309.2030...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 12:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:55 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > > > On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: > [...] > > > > Question..: Once in tty, how to return to gnome grafical. > > Ctrl+Alt+F7 > > :-) > Might need Ctrl + Alt + F8 instead, if you only see a white blinking cursor. Due to some weirdness with Xorg. Kind regards, Steven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1288788323.3162.4.ca...@pc-steven.lan
Re: improve screen resolution
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:55 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: >> O.k. Try to let Xorg to generate by itself a "xorg.conf" file. >> >> If you are under gnome, go to a tty (ctrl+alt+f1) and then as root run: >> >> /etc/init.d/gdm stop >> > Report no such file. There is no file. My bad. In squeeze it is called gdm3: /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop And follow the rest of the steps... >> Then cd into /etc/X11 directory: >> >> cd /etc/X11/ >> >> Once here, run: >> >> Xorg -configure >> > Reports Fatal error and a lot stuff > > Question..: Once in tty, how to return to gnome grafical. Ctrl+Alt+F7 :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.03.12.25...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:02:52 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 22:02, Camaleón wrote: Again, you'll have to create the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and put in there: *** Section "Device" Driver "sis671" EndSection *** Done including the stars *** that correct Your paste: http://pastebin.com/pLM39MWy Bad happenend again. Tried startx in user and super mode. no dice Await your report before the next one. I see the same report, it still fallbacks to VESA :-/ And VESA does not like the resolution you need: (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x768" (hsync out of range) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800) O.k. Try to let Xorg to generate by itself a "xorg.conf" file. If you are under gnome, go to a tty (ctrl+alt+f1) and then as root run: /etc/init.d/gdm stop Report no such file. There is no file. Then cd into /etc/X11 directory: cd /etc/X11/ Once here, run: Xorg -configure Reports Fatal error and a lot stuff Question..: Once in tty, how to return to gnome grafical. That will generate a "xorg.conf" file for you in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". Reboot. If neither works, do not worry, copy the content of the "xorg.file" that it was auto-generated and paste here (it should not be very long). Greetings, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd14ef7.1000...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
lee quoted the pastbin: > (II) VESA(0): : Using default hsync range of > 31.50-37.90 kHz ... > (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... > (II) VESA(0): : Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... > (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) It seems to me that this explains why X won't kick into 1024x768 mode (it thinks the monitor can't handle it). 1. Do you have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf? If so, please could you paste the "Monitor" sections that include any reference to "HorizSync" or "VertRefresh". (Better still, pastebin the entire file.) For example, mine has a section that looks like this: Section "Monitor" Identifier "DELL 2007FP" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "DELL 2007FP" HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 EndSection 2. For your monitor, can you please identify the Horizontal Sync frequency range that it can support (this will be in the booklet, or you can try searching for it online). Cheers, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/qcn7q7xtb6@news.roaima.co.uk
Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:02:52 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 02/11/2010 22:02, Camaleón wrote: >> Again, you'll have to create the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and put in >> there: >> >> *** >> Section "Device" >> Driver "sis671" >> EndSection >> *** >> >> > Done including the stars *** that correct Your paste: > http://pastebin.com/pLM39MWy Bad happenend again. Tried startx in user > and super mode. no dice Await your report before the next one. I see the same report, it still fallbacks to VESA :-/ And VESA does not like the resolution you need: (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x768" (hsync out of range) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800) O.k. Try to let Xorg to generate by itself a "xorg.conf" file. If you are under gnome, go to a tty (ctrl+alt+f1) and then as root run: /etc/init.d/gdm stop Then cd into /etc/X11 directory: cd /etc/X11/ Once here, run: Xorg -configure That will generate a "xorg.conf" file for you in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf". Reboot. If neither works, do not worry, copy the content of the "xorg.file" that it was auto-generated and paste here (it should not be very long). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.02.22.58...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 02/11/2010 22:02, Camaleón wrote:
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:40:52 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote:
On 02/11/2010 21:05, Camaleón wrote:
And where is the link to the pastebin data so we can see it? :-)
Sorry all new to me.
Is this what you arelooking for
Your paste: http://pastebin.com/kfYqmmCd
That it is. Thanks :-)
Ops, it seems your xorg server is using the VESA driver, that looks no
good to me (VESA driver is the most basic video driver available). OTOH,
that matches with the bug report :-(
If you still feel vigorous enough to play again with your "/etc/X11/
xorg.conf" file I can give you another hint: force the load of SiS driver.
Again, you'll have to create the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and put in
there:
***
Section "Device"
Driver "sis671"
EndSection
***
Done including the stars *** that correct
Your paste: http://pastebin.com/pLM39MWy
Bad happenend again. Tried startx in user and super mode. no dice
Await your report before the next one.
Johan
And restart.
If that does not work, you can also try with this:
***
Section "Device"
Driver "sis"
EndSection
***
I dunno what would be the appropiate driver for Debian ("sis" or
"sis671"), so try first with one and then with the other O:-)
By doing this, we are trying to force Xorg server to load a more advanced/
suitable VGA driver for your card chipset in the hope the new driver can
allow you to choose another resolution (1024x768).
Don't forget to attach the new logs (pastebin) for each change you make
in your "xorg.conf" file, so we can verify if the new configuration has
been correctly applied.
Greetings,
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Re: improve screen resolution
On 02/11/2010 22:45, lee wrote: On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:48:47PM +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote: Johan Scheepers wrote: Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 lspci | grep VGA dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) That can't be right; are you mixing your commands and results? Try again, please: lspci | grep VGA and then xdpyinfo | grep dimensions This is very nice. So what's actually the problem? The problem is..: In suse the resolotion is 1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) ** Good ** In debian squeeze it is 800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters) ** Not so good ** Chris This now in debian squeeze..: r...@johan:/home/johan# lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) You need to have xserver-xorg-video-sis installed --- I´d remove the other xserver-xorg-video-* packages. The "sis" has already been tried, though, as you can see in the logfile: (II) LoadModule: "sis" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation" Later it´s unloaded. It looks as if the xserver gets confused because it loads arbitrary modules and cannot figure out the capabilities of the screen: (II) VESA(0):: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz (II) VESA(0):: Using default vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x768" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (no mode of this name) (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (II) VESA(0):: Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz (II) VESA(0):: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x768" (hsync out of range) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800) (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "800x600" (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "640x480" (==) VESA(0): DPI set to (96, 96) So what happens when you purge all xserver-xorg-video-* packages except for xserver-xorg-video-sis? Sorry all the above is beyond my capabilities. I do not follow your instructions/suggestions Maybe some more pointers? Thanks Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd07ab1.5040...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:48:47PM +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote: > >Johan Scheepers wrote: > >>Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. > >>This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 > >>lspci | grep VGA > >>dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) > >That can't be right; are you mixing your commands and results? Try > >again, please: > > > > lspci | grep VGA > > > >and then > > > > xdpyinfo | grep dimensions > > > > > >>This is very nice. > >So what's actually the problem? > The problem is..: > In suse the resolotion is > > 1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) ** Good ** > > In debian squeeze it is > 800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters) ** Not so good ** > > > > >Chris > > > > > This now in debian squeeze..: > > r...@johan:/home/johan# lspci | grep VGA > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) You need to have xserver-xorg-video-sis installed --- I´d remove the other xserver-xorg-video-* packages. The "sis" has already been tried, though, as you can see in the logfile: (II) LoadModule: "sis" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation" Later it´s unloaded. It looks as if the xserver gets confused because it loads arbitrary modules and cannot figure out the capabilities of the screen: (II) VESA(0): : Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz (II) VESA(0): : Using default vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x768" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (no mode of this name) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (no mode of this name) (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (II) VESA(0): : Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz (II) VESA(0): : Using vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x768" (hsync out of range) (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range) (--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800) (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "800x600" (**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "640x480" (==) VESA(0): DPI set to (96, 96) So what happens when you purge all xserver-xorg-video-* packages except for xserver-xorg-video-sis? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101102204544.ge29...@yun.yagibdah.de
Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:40:52 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote:
> On 02/11/2010 21:05, Camaleón wrote:
>> And where is the link to the pastebin data so we can see it? :-)
>>
>>
>>
> Sorry all new to me.
> Is this what you arelooking for
>
> Your paste: http://pastebin.com/kfYqmmCd
That it is. Thanks :-)
Ops, it seems your xorg server is using the VESA driver, that looks no
good to me (VESA driver is the most basic video driver available). OTOH,
that matches with the bug report :-(
If you still feel vigorous enough to play again with your "/etc/X11/
xorg.conf" file I can give you another hint: force the load of SiS driver.
Again, you'll have to create the file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and put in
there:
***
Section "Device"
Driver "sis671"
EndSection
***
And restart.
If that does not work, you can also try with this:
***
Section "Device"
Driver "sis"
EndSection
***
I dunno what would be the appropiate driver for Debian ("sis" or
"sis671"), so try first with one and then with the other O:-)
By doing this, we are trying to force Xorg server to load a more advanced/
suitable VGA driver for your card chipset in the hope the new driver can
allow you to choose another resolution (1024x768).
Don't forget to attach the new logs (pastebin) for each change you make
in your "xorg.conf" file, so we can verify if the new configuration has
been correctly applied.
Greetings,
--
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Re: improve screen resolution
On 02/11/2010 21:05, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:56:46 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 20:22, Camaleón wrote: Any other suggestions ** or ** should I replace the card? What type suggested. I would really like to stay with debian. Like the way it looks and works. Upload your whole "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file to "www.pastebin.com" maybe we can get more ideas by reading the xorg log. Greetings, Done. Quite large And where is the link to the pastebin data so we can see it? :-) Greetings, Sorry all new to me. Is this what you arelooking for Your paste: http://pastebin.com/kfYqmmCd Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd06944.4020...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:56:46 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 02/11/2010 20:22, Camaleón wrote: >>> Any other suggestions ** or ** should I replace the card? >>> >>> What type suggested. I would really like to stay with debian. Like the >>> way it looks and works. >>> >> Upload your whole "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file to "www.pastebin.com" >> maybe we can get more ideas by reading the xorg log. >> >> Greetings, >> >> > Done. Quite large And where is the link to the pastebin data so we can see it? :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.02.19.05...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 02/11/2010 20:22, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:05:57 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 19:44, Camaleón wrote: Does this make any difference to your suggestion? No, don't worry and go ahead. The worst it could happen is that xorg cannot start at all and you find your self with a command prompt (I hope you are skilled at command line :-P) The worst did happen. Removed file. Ouch :-( Any other suggestions ** or ** should I replace the card? What type suggested. I would really like to stay with debian. Like the way it looks and works. Upload your whole "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file to "www.pastebin.com" maybe we can get more ideas by reading the xorg log. Greetings, Done. Quite large Your assistance is appreciated Regads Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd05eee.90...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote: Johan Scheepers wrote: Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 lspci | grep VGA dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) That can't be right; are you mixing your commands and results? Try again, please: lspci | grep VGA and then xdpyinfo | grep dimensions This is very nice. So what's actually the problem? The problem is..: In suse the resolotion is 1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) ** Good ** In debian squeeze it is 800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters) ** Not so good ** Chris This now in debian squeeze..: r...@johan:/home/johan# lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) r...@johan:/home/johan# xdpyinfo | grep dimensions dimensions:800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters) Do you want this in opensuse11.3? Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd05d0f.70...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
Johan Scheepers wrote: > Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. > This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 > lspci | grep VGA > dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) That can't be right; are you mixing your commands and results? Try again, please: lspci | grep VGA and then xdpyinfo | grep dimensions > This is very nice. So what's actually the problem? Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/b206q7x71j@news.roaima.co.uk
Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:05:57 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 02/11/2010 19:44, Camaleón wrote: >>> Does this make any difference to your suggestion? >>> >> No, don't worry and go ahead. >> >> The worst it could happen is that xorg cannot start at all and you find >> your self with a command prompt (I hope you are skilled at command line >> >>> :-P) >> >> > The worst did happen. > Removed file. Ouch :-( > Any other suggestions ** or ** should I replace the card? > > What type suggested. I would really like to stay with debian. Like the > way it looks and works. Upload your whole "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file to "www.pastebin.com" maybe we can get more ideas by reading the xorg log. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.02.18.22...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 02/11/2010 19:44, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:39:21 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 19:23, Camaleón wrote: (...) *** Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" DisplaySize 271 203 End Section *** OK, before I do anything. I am using squeeze (freeze) and update it daily. Does this make any difference to your suggestion? No, don't worry and go ahead. The worst it could happen is that xorg cannot start at all and you find your self with a command prompt (I hope you are skilled at command line :-P) Greetings, The worst did happen. Removed file. Any other suggestions ** or ** should I replace the card? What type suggested. I would really like to stay with debian. Like the way it looks and works. Thanks Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd05305.3010...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:39:21 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 02/11/2010 19:23, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> *** >> Section "Monitor" >>Identifier "Monitor0" >>DisplaySize 271 203 >> End Section >> *** >> > OK, before I do anything. > > I am using squeeze (freeze) and update it daily. > > Does this make any difference to your suggestion? No, don't worry and go ahead. The worst it could happen is that xorg cannot start at all and you find your self with a command prompt (I hope you are skilled at command line >:-P) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.02.17.44...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 02/11/2010 19:23, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:41:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: This is from my suse OS. This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 lspci | grep VGA dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) Okay, so you want to get 1024x768, right? This is very nice. 800x600 is maybe OK in normal use. I get sizing problems on my internet banking site with the smaller resolution I do not have the know how to implement your suggestions. I only can use the OS's as is. I do appreciate your assistance I cannot guarantee your card can get your desired resolution under Debian, there seem to be some problems with xorg-sis drivers, but we at least can try some tweaks :-) Are you using lenny, squeeze, sid...? Anyway, you can create a "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file (if there is one already present just make a backup first -by renaming the file to something like "xorg.conf.old"-, never work on the original file without having done a copy first so in the event something goes wrong you can easily restore the original file). And there you can put: *** Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" DisplaySize 271 203 End Section *** (that is the size openSUSE 11.3 detected) Save the "xorg.conf" file and restart the system (the fastest way in this case to test the new configuration). And cross your fingers :-P Greetings, OK, before I do anything. I am using squeeze (freeze) and update it daily. Does this make any difference to your suggestion? Regards Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd04cc9.8060...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:41:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > This is from my suse OS. > > This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 > lspci | grep VGA > dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) Okay, so you want to get 1024x768, right? > This is very nice. > > 800x600 is maybe OK in normal use. > I get sizing problems on my internet banking site with the smaller > resolution > > I do not have the know how to implement your suggestions. I only can use > the OS's as is. > I do appreciate your assistance I cannot guarantee your card can get your desired resolution under Debian, there seem to be some problems with xorg-sis drivers, but we at least can try some tweaks :-) Are you using lenny, squeeze, sid...? Anyway, you can create a "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file (if there is one already present just make a backup first -by renaming the file to something like "xorg.conf.old"-, never work on the original file without having done a copy first so in the event something goes wrong you can easily restore the original file). And there you can put: *** Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" DisplaySize 271 203 End Section *** (that is the size openSUSE 11.3 detected) Save the "xorg.conf" file and restart the system (the fastest way in this case to test the new configuration). And cross your fingers :-P Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.02.17.23...@gmail.com
Re: improve screen resolution
On 11/02/2010 02:07 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:20:18 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > >> Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. > > What is the current one? > > Run: > xdpyinfo | grep dimensions > >> Laptop = Fujitsu/Siemens Esprimo Mobile. > > And what is the chipset of the VGA card? > > Run: > lspci | grep VGA > > Greetings, This is from my suse OS. This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 lspci | grep VGA dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) This is very nice. 800x600 is maybe OK in normal use. I get sizing problems on my internet banking site with the smaller resolution I do not have the know how to implement your suggestions. I only can use the OS's as is. I do appreciate your assistance Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd02304.8040...@telkomsa.net
Re: Fwd: Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:49:42 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > On 02/11/2010 15:34, Johan Scheepers wrote: >> Run: >> xdpyinfo | grep dimensions >> >> xdpyinfo | grep dimensions >>dimensions:800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters) And what is the resolution you need? >>> Laptop = Fujitsu/Siemens Esprimo Mobile. >>> >> And what is the chipset of the VGA card? >> >> Run: >> lspci | grep VGA >> >lspci | grep VGA >01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems > [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) Ugh... "that" card :-( This is the second time I see a report like yours: sis driver cannot go beyond 800x600 (it defaults to VESA) and it seems to be already reported (at least for Ubuntu): [needs-packaging] no working driver for sis 671/771 video cards https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/301958 Take a closer look into that bug and check if you are facing the same problem. Maybe you can also find some workaround in there :-? Besides, there is a Debian bug that could also be of your interest: xserver-xorg-video-sis: X fails to start (SiS 771/671 - No devices detected) http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546741 Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.02.16.08...@gmail.com
Re: Fwd: Re: improve screen resolution
On 02/11/2010 15:34, Johan Scheepers wrote: Original Message Subject: Re: improve screen resolution Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:10:24 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:07:23 + (UTC) From: Camaleón To: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:20:18 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. What is the current one? Run: xdpyinfo | grep dimensions xdpyinfo | grep dimensions dimensions:800x600 pixels (212x159 millimeters) Laptop = Fujitsu/Siemens Esprimo Mobile. And what is the chipset of the VGA card? Run: lspci | grep VGA lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) Greetings, Thanks for the commands. I did not know them. Regards Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd03316.5010...@telkomsa.net
Re: improve screen resolution
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:20:18 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. What is the current one? Run: xdpyinfo | grep dimensions > Laptop = Fujitsu/Siemens Esprimo Mobile. And what is the chipset of the VGA card? Run: lspci | grep VGA Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.02.12.07...@gmail.com
improve screen resolution
Good day, Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. Laptop = Fujitsu/Siemens Esprimo Mobile. Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ccfada2.3080...@telkomsa.net
