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Re: Extending the size of my display



On Tue, 10 May 2005 10:39:55 -0400
Darryl Pierce <mcpierce@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/10/05, Thomas Amm <thomas.amm@ax11.de> wrote:
> > So _how_do_you_ configure it?
> 
> I have my system using the nVidia module for Xwindows. As for
> configuring it, I used dpkg to install/configure the system and don't
> touch xf86config/xf86cfg at all.

I've got a Toshiba M30, and am also using the nvidia driver.
I am switching a lot between beamers, CRTs etc. ,
so I am not using debconf at all, IIRC it also did not handle my
default display's resolution of 1024x800 correctly - so I use to
edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 by hand. I don't want to discourage you
from trying to manage your config with debconf, but it sure is quite 
painless to copy your XF86Config-4 to p.e. XF86Config-4-debconf,
remove the debconf marks in it and try some configurations with different
display settings -I bet, that debconf actually ignores your extra resolutios.
I appended my own /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as an example; don't simply
copy it, if you display can't handle 1024x800. 
 
Cheers,

T.Amm
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