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:

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 is the

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 be

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 in

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: