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&

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 re

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 un

re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768 [SOLVED]

2009-11-15 Thread Alexander Kaphuk
Hi, I'd like to once again thank those of you who have responded to my earlier emails on the subject in question. The solution to my problem turned out to be an easy one. I upgraded to Squeeze which uses 'xserver-xorg-video-nv' version '1:2.1.14-2', which auto

re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-14 Thread Alexander Kaphuk
I'd like to thank all those that have responded to my email about setting screen resolution to 1366x768 the other day. Here's what I did... 1. Stopped gdm; 2. Downloaded the nVidia driver off their website ( NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.42-pkg1.run); 3. Downloaded and installed the linux-h

Re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-14 Thread Bob
my "Device" section, a useful resource for calculating modelines is http://www.tkk.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/calc.html and http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl God luck. Alexander Kaphuk wrote: Hi, I have installed Debian Lenny on a Compaq Presario. The screen resolu

Re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 06:13:05PM -0500, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 09-11-11 17:15:06, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:32:32PM +0200, Alexander Kaphuk wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have installed Debian Lenny on a Compaq Presario. The screen > &g

Re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-11 Thread Alexander Kaphuk
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Wednesday 11 November 2009 14:32:32 Alexander Kaphuk wrote: I have installed Debian Lenny on a Compaq Presario. The screen resolution was automatically set to 1024x768. This resolution seems to be the highest available based on the output of 'xrandr&

Re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-11 Thread shampavman.cg
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:32:32PM +0200, Alexander Kaphuk wrote: Hi, I have installed Debian Lenny on a Compaq Presario. The screen resolution was automatically set to 1024x768. This resolution seems to be the highest available based on the output of 'x

Re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-11 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-11-11 17:15:06, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:32:32PM +0200, Alexander Kaphuk wrote: > > Hi, > > I have installed Debian Lenny on a Compaq Presario. The screen > > resolution was automatically set to 1024x768. > > This resolution seems

Re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:32:32PM +0200, Alexander Kaphuk wrote: > Hi, > I have installed Debian Lenny on a Compaq Presario. The screen > resolution was automatically set to 1024x768. > This resolution seems to be the highest available based on the > output of 'xrandr&#

Re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 11 November 2009 14:32:32 Alexander Kaphuk wrote: > I have installed Debian Lenny on a Compaq Presario. The screen > resolution was automatically set to 1024x768. > This resolution seems to be the highest available based on the output of > 'xrandr'. > The nat

re: setting screen resolution to 1366x768

2009-11-11 Thread Alexander Kaphuk
Hi, I have installed Debian Lenny on a Compaq Presario. The screen resolution was automatically set to 1024x768. This resolution seems to be the highest available based on the output of 'xrandr'. The native screen resolution for my laptop is 1366x768. I'd appreciate anyone sugge

Re: KVM switch - screen resolution

2009-09-17 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 16.08.09 08:21, Fabrice Nkonko wrote: > I am having a problem setting the screen resolution when I use a KVM > switch. > > When I connect my monitor directly to the linux box I can set high > resolution such as 1024x764 or more; however when the monitor is connect > via a KVM

KVM switch - screen resolution

2009-08-15 Thread Fabrice Nkonko
Hi All, I am having a problem setting the screen resolution when I use a KVM switch. When I connect my monitor directly to the linux box I can set high resolution such as 1024x764 or more; however when the monitor is connect via a KVM switch I only get two options (800x600 and 640x480). How can

Re: new xorg working except for screen resolution

2009-04-17 Thread Paul Scott
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Fri,17.Apr.09, 01:45:38, Paul Scott wrote: please post /var/log/X0rg.0.log Attached. From what I can tell, Xorg doesn't recognize your monitor. You are either using a quite old monitor, or the EDID information doesn't get through (did you check the c

Re: new xorg working except for screen resolution

2009-04-17 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,17.Apr.09, 01:45:38, Paul Scott wrote: >> please post /var/log/X0rg.0.log > > Attached. From what I can tell, Xorg doesn't recognize your monitor. You are either using a quite old monitor, or the EDID information doesn't get through (did you check the cables?). If this is really an old

Re: new xorg working except for screen resolution

2009-04-17 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,16.Apr.09, 03:36:06, Paul Scott wrote: > Before the upgrades I had 1600x1200 resolution. Now 800x600 is the > highest I can get. All of the possible choices are rejected because of > hsync or vrefresh out of range. > > This what lspci shows for my video: > VGA compatible controller: n

new xorg working except for screen resolution

2009-04-16 Thread Paul Scott
Hi, Thanks for the help so far recovering from all the upgrades in sid. Before the upgrades I had 1600x1200 resolution. Now 800x600 is the highest I can get. All of the possible choices are rejected because of hsync or vrefresh out of range. This what lspci shows for my video: VGA compatib

Re: Screen Resolution

2009-02-18 Thread Aneurin Price
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Koh Choon Lin wrote: >>> I am using ATI Mobility Radeon, normally I would be using the vesa >>> driver at 1280x1024. Its now at 1024x768 and GNOME doesn't offer any >>> higher while my xorg.conf has no info at all. >>> >> >> So are you using the binary driver? I th

Re: Screen Resolution

2009-02-18 Thread Koh Choon Lin
>> I am using ATI Mobility Radeon, normally I would be using the vesa >> driver at 1280x1024. Its now at 1024x768 and GNOME doesn't offer any >> higher while my xorg.conf has no info at all. >> > > So are you using the binary driver? I think the Catalyst control centre has > options for this. Faili

Re: Screen Resolution

2009-02-18 Thread Aneurin Price
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Koh Choon Lin wrote: >> Your desktop environment should have a preferences tool for this - >> certainly KDE and Gnome do. Is the resolution you want not given as an >> option? >> >> What graphics card/driver are you using? I've noticed (may be coincidence) >> that

Re: Screen Resolution

2009-02-18 Thread Koh Choon Lin
> Your desktop environment should have a preferences tool for this - > certainly KDE and Gnome do. Is the resolution you want not given as an > option? > > What graphics card/driver are you using? I've noticed (may be coincidence) > that machines I've had with NVidia cards never get the full range

Re: Screen Resolution

2009-02-18 Thread Aneurin Price
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Koh Choon Lin wrote: >> In terminal run the following command from root user. >> dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg >> >> Here you can change default screen resolution. > > I got this message: > > xserver-xorg postinst warn

Re: Screen Resolution

2009-02-18 Thread Koh Choon Lin
> In terminal run the following command from root user. > dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > Here you can change default screen resolution. I got this message: xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20

Screen Resolution

2009-02-17 Thread Koh Choon Lin
Hi all I am unfamiliar with the workings of a GUI. Anyone stuck at 1024x768 with the newly released Debian? How do I change it to one, say 1280x1024? -- Koh Choon Lin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Re: VirtualBox 2.1 screen resolution problem

2009-01-13 Thread qianwei
Change the M$xp mode to 1152*864. And select "auto fix" in VBox 'VIEW' menu 2009/1/13 Josep M. > Hello. > > I tried VirtualBox 2.1 in my host Debian Lenny AMD 64bits, all runs > really well, except screen resolution. > My host is 1680*1050 and my virtualbox m

Re: VirtualBox 2.1 screen resolution problem

2009-01-12 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:26:22PM +0100, Josep M. wrote: > > I tried VirtualBox 2.1 in my host Debian Lenny AMD 64bits, all runs > really well, except screen resolution. > My host is 1680*1050 and my virtualbox max resolution in WindowsXP SP3 > as guest is 1152*864 > &g

Re: VirtualBox 2.1 screen resolution problem

2009-01-12 Thread Cassiano Leal
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Josep M. wrote: > Hello. > > I tried VirtualBox 2.1 in my host Debian Lenny AMD 64bits, all runs > really well, except screen resolution. > My host is 1680*1050 and my virtualbox max resolution in WindowsXP SP3 > as guest is 1152*864 > >

VirtualBox 2.1 screen resolution problem

2009-01-12 Thread Josep M.
Hello. I tried VirtualBox 2.1 in my host Debian Lenny AMD 64bits, all runs really well, except screen resolution. My host is 1680*1050 and my virtualbox max resolution in WindowsXP SP3 as guest is 1152*864 I tried: VBoxManage controlvm "Machine1" setvideomodehint 1680 1050 32 B

Re: problem with grub loader and screen resolution in gnome

2008-12-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 04 December 2008, "raman narasimhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'problem with grub loader and screen resolution in gnome': >A. How do i revert back to grub loader?? From within the running system install grub to the mbr. For more information, se

problem with grub loader and screen resolution in gnome

2008-12-04 Thread raman narasimhan
is the first time i got grub fatal error during debian installation A. How do i revert back to grub loader?? B. Or how can i configure lilo to get access to my Windows?? Another problem i'm having is that i'm not being able to change the screen resolution.. all icons appear very lar

Re: Re: Wrong screen resolution on startup, need to restart

2008-11-16 Thread John Talbut
Ananda wrote: >You're not using the proprietary ATI driver by any chance are you? I don't think so, I have the openchrome driver installed. By the way, comparing Xorg.0.log (which gave the correct resolution) and Xorg.0.log.old (before the restart, gave the wrong resolution) things seem to st

Re: Wrong screen resolution on startup, need to restart

2008-11-16 Thread Joe
Ananda Samaddar wrote: You're not using the proprietary ATI driver by any chance are you? Ananda I'm running Sid on Nvidia and it's been happening for probably over a month now. About once in ten times, I'd guessed something in hardware is not being initialised, but I've no way of going furt

Re: Wrong screen resolution on startup, need to restart

2008-11-16 Thread Ananda Samaddar
You're not using the proprietary ATI driver by any chance are you? Ananda -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Wrong screen resolution on startup, need to restart

2008-11-15 Thread John Talbut
When I start my computer I usually get a screen with the wrong resolution and not centred on the monitor, like this: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_aTSyvLB4YWc/SRFI4A9dk2I/ABM/40kB7pOjaz0/Start%20screen.jpeg (without the moiré effect). If I restart my computer I then get the correct screen. An

Re: Increasing screen resolution

2008-08-23 Thread Sudev Barar
2008/8/24 Nuno Magalhães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> In the snipped section above commenting out vert and horz refresh >> lines and adding a modeline for resolution should work. > And what's the least painful way of producing such a modeline for a > given monitor? My 22" is still not running at full re

Re: Increasing screen resolution

2008-08-23 Thread Nuno Magalhães
> In the snipped section above commenting out vert and horz refresh > lines and adding a modeline for resolution should work. And what's the least painful way of producing such a modeline for a given monitor? My 22" is still not running at full res. TIA -- Nuno Magalhães

Re: screen resolution

2008-08-23 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 02:23:35PM -0400, Ed Sutter wrote: > No matter what I do, I'm not able to get the screen resolution up. It > appears that > it is just defaulting to the bare minimum resolution for some reason, but as > far as > I can tell, the card and monito

Re: Increasing screen resolution

2008-08-21 Thread Sudev Barar
>2008/8/21 andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [SNIP] > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Unknown" > HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > > I'd like to increase the resolutio

Increasing screen resolution

2008-08-21 Thread andy
Hi I have started a new thread on this to avoid hijacking a similar thread from someone else. My current screen resolution is 1400x1050 with a refresh rate of 50Hz. This is my xorg.conf file: # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0

Re: screen resolution

2008-08-20 Thread Felipe Gallois
; >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 15:23, Ed Sutter >> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >> >>

Re: screen resolution

2008-08-20 Thread Ed Sutter
t;> >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> New to this list, and new to Debian. Just installed this

Re: screen resolution

2008-08-19 Thread Ed Sutter
nd installing a fresh system. That all went well, I am able to log into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is stuck at 640x480. I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers are sore. All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xor

Re: screen resolution

2008-08-19 Thread Felipe Gallois
etting it do its thing for an hour downloading stuff and > installing a fresh system. That all went well, I am able to log > into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is stuck at 640x480. > > I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers are sore. > All th

screen resolution

2008-08-19 Thread Ed Sutter
downloading stuff and installing a fresh system. That all went well, I am able to log into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is stuck at 640x480. I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers are sore. All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xorg.c

Re: screen resolution

2008-07-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:03:46PM +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote: > Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200. > > xrandr says: > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280 > VGA1 disconnected > DVI0 disconnected > VGA2 connected 1280x768+

Re: screen resolution

2008-07-12 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/12/08 01:08, niclas wahlgren wrote: [snip] > > grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so > > It seems to be nv driver. If it doen't offend your FOSS sensibilities, try the nvidia driver. (But s

Re: screen resolution

2008-07-12 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
niclas wahlgren wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:03:46 +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote: Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200. xrandr says: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280 VGA1 disconnected DVI0 disconnected VGA2 conn

Re: screen resolution

2008-07-11 Thread niclas wahlgren
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:03:46 +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote: Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200. xrandr says: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280 VGA1 disconnected DVI0 disconnected VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+

Re: screen resolution

2008-07-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:03:46 +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote: > Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200. > > xrandr says: > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280 > VGA1 disconnected > DVI0 disconnected > VGA2 connected 1280x768+

Re: screen resolution

2008-07-11 Thread niclas wahlgren
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/11/08 15:03, niclas wahlgren wrote: Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200. xrandr says: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280 VGA1 disconnected DVI0 disconnected

Re: screen resolution

2008-07-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/11/08 15:03, niclas wahlgren wrote: > Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200. > > xrandr says: > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280 > VGA1 disconnected > DVI0 disconnected > VGA2

screen resolution

2008-07-11 Thread niclas wahlgren
Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200. xrandr says: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280 VGA1 disconnected DVI0 disconnected VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1280x800 60.0 1280x768 60.0* 1024x768 60.0 800x600

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread Glenn Becker
take the time to read that page, it should clear up the issue for you. OK ... I got my xorg.conf fixed up to my liking. Now ... ... for me, the real issue here isn't the need to learn something new: shoot, that's fun. The issue for me here was that, as far as I was aware, it just changed an

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread Glenn Becker
This is from the post that Mirko Parthey posted: http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 a good read. you can add an "Option" along these lines under Monitor: Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768_60.00" (assuming 60hz refresh rate, if it is something else, change _60.00 to something

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Glenn Becker wrote: I stupidly deleted a response to my question regarding my "skeletal" xorg.conf file. IIRC, the question was whether my file did not in fact have a "Screen" section. It does, but it is as empty as the other sections. Since it doesn't amount to much, the whole thing follow

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread John Hasler
Glenn Becker writes: > I stupidly deleted a response to my question regarding my "skeletal" > xorg.conf file. IIRC, the question was whether my file did not in fact > have a "Screen" section. It does, but it is as empty as the other > sections. Just fill the section in with what you want there. --

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread Glenn Becker
I stupidly deleted a response to my question regarding my "skeletal" xorg.conf file. IIRC, the question was whether my file did not in fact have a "Screen" section. It does, but it is as empty as the other sections. Since it doesn't amount to much, the whole thing follows. # xorg.conf (X.O

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-21 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 01:45:44AM +, Glenn Becker wrote: > I am running a testing box. Recently, it seems, my X settings > changed (w/o my intentionally changing them, at least as far as I can > recall) so that the screen resolution on Gnome, for example, it was > defaulting

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-20 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Glenn Becker wrote: Hi all - I am running a testing box. Recently, it seems, my X settings changed (w/o my intentionally changing them, at least as far as I can recall) so that the screen resolution on Gnome, for example, it was defaulting to 1400x1050. It is nice to see that my older

Re: screen resolution question

2008-05-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/20/08 20:45, Glenn Becker wrote: > > Hi all - > > I am running a testing box. Recently, it seems, my X settings changed > (w/o my intentionally changing them, at least as far as I can recall) so > that the screen resolu

screen resolution question

2008-05-20 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi all - I am running a testing box. Recently, it seems, my X settings changed (w/o my intentionally changing them, at least as far as I can recall) so that the screen resolution on Gnome, for example, it was defaulting to 1400x1050. It is nice to see that my older laptop can handle this

Re: Screen resolution amd64 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

2008-03-22 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Tuesday 18 March 2008 07:04 am, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > > > I just installed Debian etch 40r3 on an AMD64 PC. However, screen > > > resolution is set to 640x480. > > So is mine and i'm using 1024x768, how far does your monitor go? Did > 'dpkg-reconfigure

Re: Screen resolution amd64 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

2008-03-18 Thread Nuno Magalhães
> > I just installed Debian etch 40r3 on an AMD64 PC. However, screen > resolution is set to 640x480. So is mine and i'm using 1024x768, how far does your monitor go? Did 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' work? -- Fica bem, porta-te mal. Be well, misbehave. -- To UNSU

Re: Screen resolution amd64 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

2008-03-18 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Oscar Corte wrote: I just installed Debian etch 40r3 on an AMD64 PC. However, screen resolution is set to 640x480. Video device is: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE When entering: Desktop>>Preferences>>Screen Resolution, the only option available is 640x480 What can I do in order to set it

Screen resolution amd64 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

2008-03-17 Thread Oscar Corte
I just installed Debian etch 40r3 on an AMD64 PC. However, screen resolution is set to 640x480. Video device is: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE When entering: Desktop>>Preferences>>Screen Resolution, the only option available is 640x480 What can I do in order to set it to 1024x768

Re: New installation - cannot increase the screen resolution

2007-08-31 Thread Chan Lee
eapBytes > into a new HP Pavilion Slimline s3020n desktop. It has > Nvidia GeForce 6150LE graphics adaptor driving 1280x1024 > resolution. > > Thrying to increase the screen resolution using the Screen > resoultion preference tool, however, I cannot find any extra > resolution op

Re: New installation - cannot increase the screen resolution

2007-08-31 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t; Thrying to increase the screen resolution using the Screen > resoultion preference tool, however, I cannot find any extra > resolution option in the menu - only the basic resolution of > 640x480 is available. The Samsung 19inch LCD screen can > display 1280x1024 - how ca

New installation - cannot increase the screen resolution

2007-08-31 Thread Chan Lee
Hi, I just installed Debian using DVD set from CheapBytes into a new HP Pavilion Slimline s3020n desktop. It has Nvidia GeForce 6150LE graphics adaptor driving 1280x1024 resolution. Thrying to increase the screen resolution using the Screen resoultion preference tool, however

Re: setting default screen resolution for Gnome desktop

2007-07-07 Thread Michael M.
On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 13:10 -0700, yong lee wrote: > Hi, Is there a way to set the default screen > resolution (to 1280x768. perhaps) for a debian Gnome > desktop ? I have 4 machines, but I have only 1 > monitor. Currently, I am using a Belkin monitor > switching device to switch f

setting default screen resolution for Gnome desktop

2007-07-06 Thread yong lee
Hi, Is there a way to set the default screen resolution (to 1280x768. perhaps) for a debian Gnome desktop ? I have 4 machines, but I have only 1 monitor. Currently, I am using a Belkin monitor switching device to switch from one machine to another whenever I need to see or work on a machine. The

Re: Can not change Screen Resolution

2007-07-05 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 03:05:19PM -0700, yong lee wrote: > Hi, > I was using 1280x768. But after a reboot, my scrren > changed to 640x480. Then, I went to Desktop | > preference | Screen Resolution and tried to change the > resolution back. But the drop down box did not work. &

Can not change Screen Resolution

2007-07-05 Thread yong lee
Hi, I was using 1280x768. But after a reboot, my scrren changed to 640x480. Then, I went to Desktop | preference | Screen Resolution and tried to change the resolution back. But the drop down box did not work. The entry just stayed blue and did not show the rest of selections for the screen

Re: LCD screen resolution and projector

2006-12-04 Thread Yuwen Dai
On 12/5/06, Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 10:58:44AM +0800, Yuwen Dai wrote: > What happens from within X if you use C-A-KPminus to reduce resolution? The LCD resolution will be change, but the MAX projector produces is 800x600. I also used C-A-backspace t

Re: LCD screen resolution and projector

2006-12-04 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 10:58:44AM +0800, Yuwen Dai wrote: > Dear all, > > My resolution of LCD is 1024x768. When connecting to most projectors, the > resolution produced by projectors is 800x600, my comupter still keeps > 1024x768. The graphics card is ATI, driver is raedon. If I use vesa > dr

LCD screen resolution and projector

2006-12-04 Thread Yuwen Dai
Dear all, My resolution of LCD is 1024x768. When connecting to most projectors, the resolution produced by projectors is 800x600, my comupter still keeps 1024x768. The graphics card is ATI, driver is raedon. If I use vesa driver, the resolution will be 1024x768, but only the project or LCD wil

Re: thunderbird and screen resolution: fixed

2006-07-21 Thread Dean Allen Provins
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 01:48:44PM +0100, George Borisov wrote: > Dean Allen Provins wrote: > > > > I recently went to a dual screen setup, and X provided a screen > > resolution of 191x96 (from 96x96). I was able to configure mozilla and > > firefox to use a resolu

Re: thunderbird and screen resolution

2006-07-21 Thread George Borisov
Dean Allen Provins wrote: > > I recently went to a dual screen setup, and X provided a screen > resolution of 191x96 (from 96x96). I was able to configure mozilla and > firefox to use a resolution of 96 (thus making the image the same size > as on the single screen setup, instead

Re: thunderbird and screen resolution

2006-07-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 01:57:15PM -0600, Dean Allen Provins wrote: > Hello: > > I recently went to a dual screen setup, and X provided a screen > resolution of 191x96 (from 96x96). I was able to configure mozilla and > firefox to use a resolution of 96 (thus making the image the

thunderbird and screen resolution

2006-07-18 Thread Dean Allen Provins
Hello: I recently went to a dual screen setup, and X provided a screen resolution of 191x96 (from 96x96). I was able to configure mozilla and firefox to use a resolution of 96 (thus making the image the same size as on the single screen setup, instead of double size), but do not know how to do

Re: Problem with screen resolution being to high after install...

2006-07-14 Thread Welly Hartanto
Redefined Horizons wrote: On 7/13/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:45:29PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Thanks Andrew. you're welcome. please don't top-post, it makes conversations hard to follow... > > Where do I find the supported screen

Re: Problem with screen resolution being to high after install...

2006-07-13 Thread Redefined Horizons
On 7/13/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:45:29PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Thanks Andrew. you're welcome. please don't top-post, it makes conversations hard to follow... > > Where do I find the supported screen resolutions for my monitor?

Re: Problem with screen resolution being to high after install...

2006-07-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:45:29PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Thanks Andrew. you're welcome. please don't top-post, it makes conversations hard to follow... > > Where do I find the supported screen resolutions for my monitor? Is > that something Linux can detect, or do I need to try and

Re: Problem with screen resolution being to high after install...

2006-07-13 Thread Redefined Horizons
Thanks Andrew. Where do I find the supported screen resolutions for my monitor? Is that something Linux can detect, or do I need to try and dig up the monitor manual? Landon On 7/13/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:26:21PM -0700, Redefined Horizon

Re: Problem with screen resolution being to high after install...

2006-07-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:26:21PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I'll give that a shot cga. > > Any suggestions on how I fix the resolution problem? Do I need to > reconfigure X-Windows? probably. > > What command would I use to do that on Debian Etch? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg you

Re: Problem with screen resolution being to high after install...

2006-07-13 Thread Redefined Horizons
I'll give that a shot cga. Any suggestions on how I fix the resolution problem? Do I need to reconfigure X-Windows? What command would I use to do that on Debian Etch? Thanks, Scott Huey On 7/13/06, cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 10:53:44AM EDT, Redefined Horizons

Re: Problem with screen resolution being to high after install...

2006-07-13 Thread cga2000
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 10:53:44AM EDT, Redefined Horizons wrote: [..] > > [2] What key combination can I use to bring up the command line? > try Alt+Ctrl+F1.. F2.. etc. Thanks cga -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Problem with screen resolution being to high after install...

2006-07-13 Thread Redefined Horizons
monitor telling me that the screen resolution is too high. Has anyone heard of this? I tried using the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace combo to get to the command line so I could try to fix the problem, but Debian just attempts to restart GDM and I get the same message. So I have two questions really. [1

Re: Problem setting screen resolution after Debian Etch install...

2006-06-13 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 21:52 -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I just finished with a sucessful install of Debian Etch. However, I am > having some problems setting the screen resolution on my GNOME > Desktop. The highest resolution available is 1024x768. I would like to > set it

Problem setting screen resolution after Debian Etch install...

2006-06-12 Thread Redefined Horizons
I just finished with a sucessful install of Debian Etch. However, I am having some problems setting the screen resolution on my GNOME Desktop. The highest resolution available is 1024x768. I would like to set it to a higher resolution. I have already editied the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and added

Screen resolution won't stick after a reboot

2006-06-08 Thread George Langford
I've got two debian systems sharing the same monitor through a Belkin KVM switch. The monitor works fine on debianatGB, but the screen resolution defaults to VGA every time I reboot the debianatAZV133. It does not matter whether I use the KVM switch; I only mention it 'cuz the monitor

Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

2006-06-07 Thread cga2000
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 06:23:37PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote: > cga2000 on 06/06/06 00:32, wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:09:20PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote: > >>Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote: > >>>Adam Hardy: > Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in >

Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

2006-06-07 Thread Adam Hardy
cga2000 on 06/06/06 00:32, wrote: On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:09:20PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote: Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote: Adam Hardy: Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the bits that KDE controls? [snip] The easiest way to make sure X knows your r

Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

2006-06-05 Thread cga2000
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:09:20PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote: > Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote: > >Adam Hardy: > >>Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the > >>bits that KDE controls? > [snip] > > > >The easiest way to make sure X knows your real dpi: > > > >-

Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

2006-06-05 Thread Adam Hardy
Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote: Adam Hardy: Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the bits that KDE controls? [snip] The easiest way to make sure X knows your real dpi: - Run this: xdpyinfo | grep dots resolution:92x92 dots per inch If xd

Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

2006-06-05 Thread Jochen Schulz
Adam Hardy: > > Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the > bits that KDE controls? There is a quite clean way to do this. At least it works for me. Preface: Your problem may be that your X makes wrong assumptions about your screen resolution. Not in

Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

2006-06-05 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:42:18 +0100 Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cga2000 on 05/06/06 02:22, wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:15:59PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote: > >> My monitor does a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. > >> > >> I'm using KDE and it seems that the font size at this reso

Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

2006-06-05 Thread Adam Hardy
cga2000 on 05/06/06 02:22, wrote: On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:15:59PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote: My monitor does a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. I'm using KDE and it seems that the font size at this resolution is considerably greater than it is in windows, which I use at work. So I am trying

Re: screen resolution, font size and real estate

2006-06-04 Thread cga2000
On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:15:59PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote: > My monitor does a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. > > I'm using KDE and it seems that the font size at this resolution is > considerably greater than it is in windows, which I use at work. So I am > trying to work out what is going

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