Re: upgrading X in sid
On Jan 28, 2008 8:06 AM, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2008 6:29 AM, charlie derr <cderr@simons-rock.edu> wrote:
> > I have a laptop with a native resolution of 1900x1200 which has been working fine for the past year an a half.
> >
> > This weekend I upgraded (which included both X and kde) in unstable/sid and now I find that my X session is being rendered
> > (according to xvidtune) at 1680x1050
> >
> > What's odd is that the relevant section from /etc/X11/xorg.conf (pasted below) wouldn't seem to allow that.
> >
> > Anyone know what's going on? The only explanation that makes sense to me is that Xorg now directly queries the graphics
> > subsystem and essentially ignores what's been set in xorg.conf. I'm definitely interested in knowing how to get back the full
> > 1900x1200 resolution.
> >
>
> Here is what part of my xorg.conf looks like:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "G90f-2"
> Option "DPMS"
> Option "PreferredMode" "1600x1200"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "ATI RV350 AS [Radeon 9550]"
> Monitor "G90f-2"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> #Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> As you can see the "modes" are commented out, and monitor
> has a "preferredmode". Unfortunately I don't remember what
> blog post pointed me in this direction and I don't know what
> variant methods might work, if this particular setup do the job.
>
> Hopefully this will be of some help.
Followup - I found this page:
http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12
which mentions dropping the screen/display/modes section
and the vertical and horizontal specs. Further down, it
mentions the use of "preferredmode", although in a more
complex way (with modeline).
P.S. gmail's "update conversation" shows that this is now
redundant, but since I already wrote it, I guess I'll post it.
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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