Re: Screen resolution (the never ending story)
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 17:46 +0200, Hannes Mayer wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2005 4:19 PM, Lee Braiden <jel@tundra.ath.cx> wrote:
> > On Friday 08 April 2005 15:00, Hannes Mayer wrote:
> > > # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> > > * set to vesa for the Mach64 (1024x768 worked that way on another
> > > installation) * set the monitor: simple -> 17"
> > > * set modes to 1024x768 800x600
> > >
> > > But menu->desktop preferences->screen resolution still shows only
> > > 800x600 and 640x400 and
> > > the display is at 800x600
> >
> > Look in /var/log/XFree86.0.log, and see why it says that it removed 1024x768
> > from the list of valid modes.
>
> Thank you for the reply Lee!
>
> The only suspicious line in XFree86.0.log I can find is this:
> not using mode "1024x768" no mode of this name
>
> I googled - many users seem to have similar problems, but I didn't
> find a working solution for me. I have the screen resolution problem
> on a regular basis on the 4 machines here when installing different
> distros, but I never saw this "no mode of this name".
Have you tried (a) putting 1024x768 in all the color depth sections; (b)
got the correct HorizSync & VertRefresh values?
I often see the 'no mode' error
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