Re: Problem with screen resolution/monitor size
Any help on this? I've tried putting my own xorg.conf file (taken from
here - http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/HP/HP2133#attachments
) but still no dice.
How do I force X to read the screen as a particular size?
Loz
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Loz<misterloz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently reinstalled Squeeze onto my HP 2133. It detected the screen
> resolution and monitor perfectly (it's the model with the 1024x600
> screen size) and was working perfectly. I then installed NDISwrapper,
> and got that working with my wireless network. I then rebooted.
>
> However, when X starts again, the screen resolution is all wrong. It
> seems to be detecting the monitor size completely incorrectly, putting
> the resolution to 1368x768, therefore leaving large parts of the
> screen 'off the side' of the monitor, not displaying the full screen
> on the display. When I change the resolution to 1024x600, it still
> displays parts of the screen off the display. This leads me to believe
> that X is detecting the monitor size incorrectly. How do I change
> this?
>
> I checked my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to see if it's in there, but the
> file is empty.
>
> Any ideas? This worked perfectly up until the point NDISWrapper was
> installed (I actually installed Module-Assistant at the same time, in
> case that might be an issue)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Loz
>
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