Re: Cannot get resolution just by edit /etc/XF86Config PLS help.
Hi Gene
Thank you for the advice.
But I am afraid that the operation seems
a little bit absurd to the beginner like me.
Would you be more specific, if possible.
I cannot even stop x either.
Because I am too new to Linux world.
Thank you.
> wrote:
> >Hi.
> >
> >So sorry to have embarrased you,
> >by writing in a wrong lang.
> >
> >I have Debian sarge installed
> >in second PC. chipset is
> >845GE and my graphical board
> >is on-board controled.
> >
> >With Knoppix the setting is OK
> >(1280x1024 resolution is acquired)
> >
> >But with Debian sarge only
> >800x600 is selectable via
> >GUI selectors.
> >
> >This is true even after I edited
> >/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >Setting "Screen"
> >to "1280x1024" "1024x786"...etc
> >
> >I have not got anymore clue.
> >
> >Please supply hints to get
> >better resolution than 800x600
> >with Debian-sarge.
> >
> >Thank you.
> >Wathavy.
>
> Well, this is about what you would expect if the
> monitor selection
> made when installing it wasn't properly setup. X
> then picks defaults
> that will not damage an vga monitor and that
> restricts your choices.
>
> I'm not sure of the name of the setup program to
> rerun on sarge, just
> having come in from the red hat crowd, but there is
> an ncurses based,
> run it with x stopped, program that can do this. I
> think perhaps
> when it ran during the install, you did not scroll
> down thru the
> brand name list it displayed, and then clicked on
> the smallish right
> arrow adjacent to the brand name, which when clicked
> on, opens a
> sublist of the various known models made by that
> maker, and you can
> then scroll down thru that list until your model
> number has been
> found. That is then translated into a range of sync
> frequencies that
> monitor can safely support.
>
> Failing that, there is another screen where you can
> enter the ranges
> of the vsync and hsync it can accept. You cannot
> normally seriously
> damage a monitor by selecting too high an hsync
> rate, but you can
> certainly let the smoke out by selecting one thats
> too low, so
> generally speaking, never select a low range under
> 30 kilohertz.
>
> Similarly, you may possibly damage the vertical
> circuitry in some
> poorly built monitors by selecting a vsync low range
> of less that 50
> hz. That makes for lots of flicker too.
>
> Generally, all that happens if the hsync is set too
> high is a lowering
> of the available high voltage and the subsequent
> lowering of the
> britness and possibly a bit out of focus. If you
> encounter those
> symptoms, stop x, and reset that hsync setting down
> by a few
> kilohertz and try again. If you get down to say 40
> kilohertz, and it
> still looks a bit woozy, then it may be time for a
> more capable
> monitor as many of the newer tube models can run at
> well above 90
> kilohertz. Even the venerable NEC 5FG in front of
> me has been
> running at 69 kilohertz & 1600x1200 for better than
> 10 years now, and
> it still looks as fresh as new.
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
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