Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-23 Thread Bruno Costacurta
On my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). snipped I'd suggest first try interupting the boot at the grub screen, and editing

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-19 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote: On 19/09/11 05:55, Bruno Costacurta wrote: Hello, on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:55:22 +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote: on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). Why ? Because you have

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-19 Thread Bruno Costacurta
On my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). Why ? Acer (like many manufacturers) have there own ideas about ACPI standards. Which

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/09/11 02:45, Bruno Costacurta wrote: On my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). snipped Which solution should I try ? Try

kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-18 Thread Bruno Costacurta
Hello, on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). Why ? Which solution should I try ? Note: I'm using latest Squeeze 6.0.2.1. I

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/09/11 05:55, Bruno Costacurta wrote: Hello, on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). Why ? Acer (like many

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 02:30:12PM +, darkestkhan wrote: 2011/2/23 Rob van der Putten r...@sput.nl: [..] How do I set the screen resolution to 640x480? GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=vga=769 in /etc/default/grub doesn't work. There is lots of stuff on the web on how to do this, but I couldn't find

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-25 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Chris Bannister mockingb...@earthlight.co.nz wrote: On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 02:30:12PM +, darkestkhan wrote: 2011/2/23 Rob van der Putten r...@sput.nl: [..] How do I set the screen resolution to 640x480? GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=vga=769 in /etc/default/grub

Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there How do I set the screen resolution to 640x480? GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=vga=769 in /etc/default/grub doesn't work. There is lots of stuff on the web on how to do this, but I couldn't find anything /etc/default/grub specific. TIA Regards, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Rob van der Putten r...@sput.nl wrote: How do I set the screen resolution to 640x480? GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=vga=769 in /etc/default/grub doesn't work. There is lots of stuff on the web on how to do this, but I couldn't find anything /etc/default/grub specific

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread darkestkhan
2011/2/23 Rob van der Putten r...@sput.nl: Hi there How do I set the screen resolution to 640x480? GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=vga=769 in /etc/default/grub doesn't work. There is lots of stuff on the web on how to do this, but I couldn't find anything /etc/default/grub specific. TIA Regards

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Tom H wrote: Isn't 640x480 the default? As far as I can tell Grub2 tries to figure out largest resolution and number of colours the hardware (video card) supports and then uses this as its default. The /etc/default/grub variables that control the

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread Dom
On 23/02/11 13:52, Rob van der Putten wrote: Hi there How do I set the screen resolution to 640x480? GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=vga=769 in /etc/default/grub doesn't work. There is lots of stuff on the web on how to do this, but I couldn't find anything /etc/default/grub specific. Setting

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread Brian
after controlling the screen resolution later in the boot process? Is it OK to run update-grub or should I run grub-install? Maybe update-grub doesn't install the right modules for a low resolution. It does put a 'set gfxpayload=text' in /boot/grub/grub.cfg though. Run update-grub. I could

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread Brian
On Wed 23 Feb 2011 at 14:52:56 +0100, Rob van der Putten wrote: How do I set the screen resolution to 640x480? GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=vga=769 in /etc/default/grub doesn't work. There is lots of stuff on the web on how to do this, but I couldn't find anything /etc/default/grub specific. http

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread Brian
On Wed 23 Feb 2011 at 15:23:02 +, Brian wrote: It can and it does. Your video card and the driver it uses have some bearing on this, as does /etc/default/console-setup. I got carried away there. /etc/default/console-setup doesn't alter the screen resolution. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Setting the screen resolution in grub2

2011-02-23 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Brian wrote: I got carried away there. /etc/default/console-setup doesn't alter the screen resolution. It does set COLUMNS and LINES. Anyway. I solved the problem. It was a hardware and not a config problem; The motherboard has a onboard VGA and had a NVidia

Re: screen resolution in Squeeze?

2011-02-21 Thread 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

screen resolution in Squeeze?

2011-02-18 Thread Lars Nielsen
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 ? regards Lars Nielsen www.lfweb.dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: screen resolution in Squeeze?

2011-02-18 Thread 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

Re: screen resolution in Squeeze?

2011-02-18 Thread 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

Re: screen resolution in Squeeze?

2011-02-18 Thread 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

Screen resolution

2010-12-06 Thread Andreas
Hi, I have installed debian linux on my second PC. I have a Nokia monitor 445XiPlus with two video inputs. With a switch at the monitor I can select the active input. When I installed, I connected the D-SUB cable to the linux PC and got a usable screen resolution. Since I need the (longer

Re: Screen resolution

2010-12-06 Thread 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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-04 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-04 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-04 Thread Camaleón
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. (...)

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-04 Thread Johan Scheepers
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.

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-04 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Davies
lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de quoted the pastbin: (II) VESA(0): default monitor: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (II) VESA(0): default monitor: Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... (II) VESA(0): Not using built-in

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Steven
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
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:

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 11:42, Chris Davies wrote: leel...@yun.yagibdah.de quoted the pastbin: (II) VESA(0):default monitor: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (II) VESA(0):default monitor: Using hsync range of

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
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:

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Morgan Gangwere
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Richard Hector
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.

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
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,

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Davies
On 03/11/2010 11:42, Chris Davies asked: Do you have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Johan Scheepers johans...@telkomsa.net 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

improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: Fwd: Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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: Camaleónnoela...@gmail.com

Re: Fwd: Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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?

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Davies
Johan Scheepers johans...@telkomsa.net 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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote: Johan Scheepersjohans...@telkomsa.net 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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Camaleón
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Camaleón
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 :-)

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread lee
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:48:47PM +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote: Johan Scheepersjohans...@telkomsa.net 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

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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 Scheepersjohans...@telkomsa.net wrote: Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. This is what I get

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
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:

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Camaleón
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:

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-05-05 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-04-30 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? I think the problem you are having is un-themed GTK. You don't have a desktop suite, so maybe you're like me and you like to keep your system lean and mean. If so, it could be that

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you?

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit big for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is still

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit big for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is still small?

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread James Stuckey
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread deloptes
James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes,

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
deloptes wrote: James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm,

New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
Hello, I just changed monitors and the new one has a different resolution. How do I configure my system to account for the change?

Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:42:58 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: I just changed monitors and the new one has a different resolution. How do I configure my system to account for the change? You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no one size fits all answer to that

Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no one size fits all answer to that question. It depends on a lot of things. Please provide the following information: (1) The make and model of your computer (2) The make and model of your video card (3) The make and

Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no one size fits all answer to that question. It depends on a lot of things. Please provide the following information: (1) The make and

Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.comwrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no one size fits all answer to that question. It depends on

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:59 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: (...) I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen (like on the menu bar in iceweasel/icedove, for example) aren't too easy to read. They

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:59 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: (...) I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen (like on the

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever value you feel more confortable with. I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever value you feel more

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:31 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) I'm using wmii Uh... and how does one change DPI settings in that :-)? You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:31 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) I'm using wmii Uh... and how does one change DPI settings in that :-)? You could try

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:06:08 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC you can also change it from there. xrandr --dpi 96 or --dpi [any other

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread James Stuckey
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:06:08 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC

Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?

2010-04-29 Thread Redalert Commander
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 15:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: [snip] (1) I'm on AMD64/Asus motherboard P5Q (2) NVIDIA 9800GT (3) ASUS VH242H (4) LCD (5) Digital connection, not DVI Digital connection, but not DVI? Hmm.

Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]

2010-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:20:36 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Camaleón wrote: Option DPI 96 x 96 Under your /etc/X11/Xorg.conf Monitor section? (make a backup copy of the original file before making any change) I can't tell if that made a change or not. In

X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:27:38 -0400 (EDT), Redalert Commander wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: James Stuckey wrote: (7) ... (++) using VT number 8 This is off topic, but did you notice that the X server initialized itself on VT number 8 instead of VT number 7? That means, for example, that

Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)

2010-04-29 Thread Alan Ianson
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: and it will work. Then, in theory, restarting the X server again (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server to restart on vt 7. This used to work, but the last time I tried it I ended up with two X servers, one

Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)

2010-04-29 Thread Redalert Commander
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 14:43 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: and it will work. Then, in theory, restarting the X server again (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server to restart on vt 7. This used to work, but the

Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)

2010-04-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:26:26 -0400 (EDT), Redalert Commander wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 14:43 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: Then, in theory, restarting the X server again (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server

Re: increasing screen resolution, nvidia xconf.org

2009-12-07 Thread Tomislav Butkovic
to a similar problem I had with the screen resolution not being detected properly on a HP Compaq Presario laptop. Original Message Subject:re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768 [SOLVED] Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:14:54 +0200 From: Alexander Kaphuk sashaandta

Re: increasing screen resolution, nvidia xconf.org

2009-12-05 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:07:42 -0500, Tomislav Butkovic wrote: Hello, I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase the screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with a GeForce FX Go5200 64mb. The maximum screen resolution is currently

re: increasing screen resolution, nvidia xconf.org

2009-12-05 Thread Alexander Kaphuk
Please see an email below for a solution to a similar problem I had with the screen resolution not being detected properly on a HP Compaq Presario laptop. Original Message Subject:re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768 [SOLVED] Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:14:54

Re: increasing screen resolution, nvidia xconf.org

2009-12-05 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-12-04 23:07:42, Tomislav Butkovic wrote: Hello, I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase the screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with a GeForce FX Go5200 64mb. The maximum screen resolution is currently 1024x768. I have

increasing screen resolution, nvidia xconf.org

2009-12-04 Thread Tomislav Butkovic
Hello, I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase the screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with a GeForce FX Go5200 64mb. The maximum screen resolution is currently 1024x768. I have entered '1280x1024' into the xorg.conf file under Screen

Re: increasing screen resolution, nvidia xconf.org

2009-12-04 Thread Alan Ianson
On Fri December 4 2009 08:07:42 pm Tomislav Butkovic wrote: Hello, I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase the screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with a GeForce FX Go5200 64mb. The maximum screen resolution is currently 1024x768

Re: increasing screen resolution, nvidia xconf.org

2009-12-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Tomislav Butkovic wrote: Hello, I have been for the last few months trying to figure out how to increase the screen resolution on my Dell Inspiron 5150 running Debian Lenny with a GeForce FX Go5200 64mb. The maximum screen resolution is currently 1024x768. I have entered '1280x1024

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