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Re: screen resolution



On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 22:03:46 +0200, niclas wahlgren wrote:
> Can't get screen resolution up to 1600x1200.
>
> xrandr says:
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 768, maximum 1280 x 1280
> VGA1 disconnected
> DVI0 disconnected
> VGA2 connected 1280x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>   1280x800       60.0
>   1280x768       60.0*
>   1024x768       60.0
>   800x600        60.3
>   640x480        59.9
>   640x400       120.0
>   640x384       120.2
>   512x384       120.0
>
> Both screen and video card manages 1600x1200. (works with winxp)
> Whatever I try in screen configuration editor it says :
> Sorry, this configuration video card driver
> and monitor doesn't appear to work.
>
> pkg-reconfigure  xserver-xorg does not work like it used to. No  
> possibility to change video settings, only keyboard.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Usind sid, amd64, geforce 8500GT

Which driver do you use, nv or nvidia? If you are not sure about this,
run

grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log

in an X terminal and post the output here.

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