Re: Is the xserver-xorg configuration system broken?

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:44:50 +0200
Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 00:10:16 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:30:37 +0200
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 09:31:41 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:51:14 -0500 Russell L. Harris wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Celejar writes:
> > > > > > I'm stymied about my inability to properly (re) configure my Xorg
> > > > > > X server; I've googled and found people with similar problems, but
> > > > > > no systematic solution or explanation. I figure I'll ask here
> > > > > > before filing a bug report.
> 

<< Snip>>

> OK, then we have to look at your hardware and which driver is currently
> used. Please post the output of the following three commands:
> 
> X -version
> lspci | egrep -i '(vga|graphic|display)'
> awk '/Section "(Device|Screen)"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
>           Florian

Here are the command outputs:

$ X -version
X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686
Current Operating System: Linux lucy 2.6.12-1-386 #1 Tue Sep 27 12:41:08 JST 2005 i586
Build Date: 16 March 2006
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present

$ lspci | egrep -i '(vga|graphic|display)'
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 530/620 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev a3)

$ awk '/Section "(Device|Screen)"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"sis"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Generic Video Card"
	Monitor		"DXS:1313"
	DefaultDepth	16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

I have a suspicion that my monitor's capabilities are being misidentified, since when I tried manually adding a (gtf generated) modeline for 1024x768 @ 60khz, the X log said it wouldn't be used since the horizontal sync was outside the monitor's range - but I was running 1024x768 before! Is it possible that it could have worked even if the monitor doesn't officially support it?

Celejar