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On 7/22/05, Roger Creasy <roger_creasy@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:15:55 -0400
> > From: kamaraju kusumanchi
> > <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>
> > To: debian user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Subject: Re: newbie KDE screen resolution?
> >
> > Roger Creasy wrote:
> >
> > >I just installed sarge. The screen is very
> > pixelated.
> > >How can I correct this?
> > >
> > >
> > You need to configure X properly.
> >
> > Try running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 as
> > root.
> >
> > If that does not solve the problem, please post
> > information about
> >
> > 1) What your graphics card is? You can find out what
> > graphics card you
> > are using by running lspci command.
> >
> > 2) The contents of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >
> > 3) Other useful information - like whether it is a
> > laptop or desktop,
> > which model etc.,
> >
> > raju
> >
> > --
> > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
> > Graduate Student, MAE
> > Cornell University
> > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/
Thanks for the response.
I had no luck with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Here is the result of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics
Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC
[Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97
Audio (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 02)
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics
Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC
[Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97
Audio (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 02)
Here are the contents of XF86Config-4
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "vga"
VideoRam 1000
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC Multisync II"
HorizSync 28-38
VertRefresh 43-72
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "NEC Multisync II"
DefaultDepth 4
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
The box is a pieced-together-from-scraps machine based around a Compaq
with a 633 MHZ Celeron
Thanks for any assistance...
Roger
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