Re: Display/resolution problems
Indeed. As says 'man XF86Config-4' says, "The first valid
mode in this list will be the default display mode for
startup".
Personally, with laptops, I give it no choice- just the native rez,
since anything else looks crappy / is a waste.
According to Trevor Pankonien,
> Got it working after the reinstall and amazing how easy it was! just
> had to add the 1024x768 BEFORE the other two options. I had tried a
> similar approach but put it after the otehr two...lesson learned!
> thanks for the help everyone!
>
> On 6/1/05, Trevor Pankonien <tcpankon@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for all the help so far. I will give these ideas a try as soon
> > as sarge is done reinstalling :) Otherwise, could it be that ubuntu
> > uses Xorg and debian is not? if this is the case, what steps would i
> > have to take to get xorg into debian
> > Thanks
> > Trevor
> >
> > On 6/1/05, Tony Godshall <togo@of.net> wrote:
> > > According to Trevor Pankonien,
> > > > I just switched over from Ubuntu since debian has no problem working
> > > > with my MP3 player, but now i have a new problem. The display on my
> > > > laptop is sitting inside a black box/border, makeing approx half of my
> > > > screen just black. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV26 notebook, which comes
> > > > with the ATI mobility 345 video card. anyone run into a similar
> > > > problem or anyone have any ideas that they think i might want to try?
> > > > My monitor usually runs at 1024x768, with a refresh of 60Hz, at least
> > > > thats what it was in Windoze. I set that during the initial install,
> > > > but now on boot it only has options for 800x600 and whatever the one
> > > > below that is (which makes my screen totally unreadable, with lines
> > > > blasting back and forth across the screen) Ubuntu by default came up
> > > > with the right settings, so i have never had this problem in the past.
> > > > If i remember correctly suse didnt have a problem either..i would like
> > > > to stay with debian if possible. But the monitor issue will have to be
> > > > resolved. I did a slight amout of tinkering with
> > > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but from fear of doin too much damage without
> > > > knowing what i was doing i stopped. THanks for NE help in advance.
> > >
> > > There are a number of ways to get your XF86Config-4 to be
> > > set to your preferred resolution (which on a laptop will
> > > typically be the actual resolution of your screen).
> > >
> > > Do you know what that is?
> > >
> > > If it's 1024x768, you'd probably want your Modes lines to be
> > > something like...
> > >
> > > Modes "1024x768"
> > >
> > > If you want to be able to backtrack, you can easily keep the
> > > old line around with a hash mark to make it into a comment,
> > > like so...
> > >
> > > #Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> > >
> > > You can see what resolution your monitor is in by typing
> > > 'xwininfo -root'. I think xwininfo is in packages xutils.
> > >
> > > -- Tony Godshall
> > >
> > >
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-- Tony Godshall
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