Re: I can't change monitor resolution in gnome
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:20:46 -0700
Tyler MacDonald <tyler@yi.org> dijo:
> Reconfigure the "xserver-xorg" package ("dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" in a
> terminal as root); the defaults should be what you're currently configured
> for. When you get to the monitor configuration page, try auto-detection; if
> that doesnt give you what you want, break out your monitor's manual and
> enter the sync rates, etc manually. At the end of the monitor configuration,
> you should get a list of video modes; check off all the ones you want to
> use, restart GDM, and hope for the best. :-)
I have a similar problem with a brand new install of Etch right after
it went final. Previously I have used Fedora 7 and CentOS 5, both of
which detected the nVidia GeForce 6100 video on the motherboard and
autoconfigured it. They even found the Viewsonic Graphics Series G90f
monitor. However, Ubuntu Feisty and Etch set me up only with Vesa 1024
x 768. All versions are 64-bit, on a brand new computer.
I tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and told it to autodetect the
hardware. I knew it wouldn't find it because it didn't find it when I
installed Etch a couple days ago. Nevertheless, I gave it a shot. The
error message is:
"No X server known for your video hardware
There is either no video hardware installed on this machine (e.g.
serial console only), or the "discover" program was unable to determine
which x server is appropriate for the video hardware. This could be due
to incomplete information in discover's hardware database, or because
your video hardware is not supported by the available X servers."
Well, clearly drivers exist and it should be working. In fact, I think
Fedora and CentOS both just used the nv driver. I'm guessing the
problem is "discover's hardware database." It also appears it is a
Debian issue, since the two distros that did find and autoconfigure the
video were RPM based distros, and the other one that did not was
Ubuntu, based on Debian.
Is there a way to update discover's database?
I might add that the nVidia sound does not work. Dmesg lists it as:
nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio Rev a2. So Etch sees it,
it just failed to get it to work. It did work perfectly with the other
three distros I tried, including Ubuntu. Another database to update?
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