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Re: Sid and Xorg



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Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 08:34:33PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote:
>> 8tpv7tt02@sneakemail.com wrote:
>>>
>>   I should have said this before but I have done that, several times.
>> The first entry in all the color depths is 1280x960, but the system
>> won't display anything more than 1024x768. The X mailing list has no
>> complaints about resolution, so I suspect its
>> a case of this particular monitor/card combo. I'm running an Intel MB
>> with on-board video ( the I810 driver ).
> 
> can you cycle through the resolutions using
> ctrl-alt-keypad-plus/minus? 

  No, doesn't work.Nothing changes.

> 
> what video card? I think some of the cards have been moved up to the
> i9?? driver.

  On board Intel graphics  865G
> 
> what about using the vesa driver, how does it do?
> 
  Won't run with Vesa for some reason.


   I just discovered I can switch it to 1280x960 using xrandr, but it
insists on booting up in 1024x768.
> 
> lets hack about a bit and see what can be done before the
> bug-report. At least so we can point it at the right package -- it
> may, for example, be a docs issue if your card is supported by a
> different driver. 
> 
> and use reportbug, its pretty easy. 


  I'll install it and try it out if all else fails.

Thanks

Cheers

Frank

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