just a tip, i'm not pretty sure about how it works, but mybe it can help you
adding monitor options in xorg.conf
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 30-82
Vertrefresh 56-76
Modeline "1440x900" 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync
+VSync
EndSection
i don't know what those parameters are exactly, so maybe taking some
time to understand it can help a bit =D
i'll be out for today, but when i'm back i'll get into it again ;)
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:01, Ed Sutter <esutter@alcatel-lucent.com
<mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com>> wrote:
>
> Felipe,
> The only thing that I changed (in an attempt to fix this problem)
> from the orignal xorg.conf file was the default depth. I use 16
> (which is what is recommended for my monitor).
> Other than that, your example below is what I have in my xorg.conf.
> Regarding the monitor setup, yep, its set to 1280x1024.
>
> Everything else is doing quite well. I just have limited use of the
> console because various dialog boxes end up spanning outside my
screen space.
> Thanks, keep thinking ('cause I'm at a loss)! :-)
>
> Ed
>
> Felipe Gallois wrote:
>>
>> there are 2 things that i would ask first
>> 1. have you added the mode line in the subsection display? like
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> ...
>> DefaultDepth 24
>> SubSection "Display"
>> Depth 24
>> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>> EndSubSection
>> ...
>>
>> 2. is your monitor set correctly?
>> maybe you forgot to check it, which happens very often
>>
>> cheers!
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 16:12, Ed Sutter <esutter@alcatel-lucent.com
<mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com> <mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com
<mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> Felipe,
>> Thanks for responding...
>> It's using GLINT, which I believe is the one it
>> should be using. I even tried vesa, but that was
>> one of the cases where it wouldn't even come up.
>> Ed
>>
>> Felipe Gallois wrote:
>>
>> hello there,
>>
>> what driver is your xorg using?
>> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver
>>
>> if it is using vesa, then your card's driver is not being
loaded...
>> i can't count how many times this was the main problem for me =)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 15:23, Ed Sutter
>> <esutter@alcatel-lucent.com
<mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com> <mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com
<mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com>>
>> <mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com
<mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com>
>> <mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com
<mailto:esutter@alcatel-lucent.com>>>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> New to this list, and new to Debian. Just installed this
>> over top of
>> an old installation of RH9, which worked fine, just a bit
>> dated. My
>> machine is a K6-2, old but reliable.
>> I installed by creating a small install CD, booting from CD
>> and then
>> basically letting it do its thing for an hour downloading
>> stuff and
>> installing a fresh system. That all went well, I am able
to log
>> into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is
stuck at
>> 640x480.
>>
>> I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers
>> are sore.
>> All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>> either
>> manually
>> or by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. Then restart gdm.
>>
>> Tried that several times, and I've gotten one of two results
>> each time:
>>
>> 1) either it has no effect at all or
>> 2) xserver won't even start up because its confused.
>>
>> Bottom line, is that I can't do much at the console with a
>> 640x480
>> resolution
>> because many of the dialog boxes span outside the window, and
>> they
>> are not
>> moveable; hence, if I want to be able to use the GNOME
>> environment
>> fruitfully
>> I need to get the resolution up.
>>
>> I have a Permedia 2 graphics card and a Princeton 19" LCD
>> display.
>> The auto-detect
>> in xserver-xorg seems to find that ok. They're both
capable of
>> handling 1280x1024
>> and the xorg.conf file that is created by dpkg-reconfigure
>> xserver-xorg shows that
>> this resolution is possible.
>>
>> No matter what I do, I'm not able to get the screen
>> resolution up.
>> It appears that
>> it is just defaulting to the bare minimum resolution for some
>> reason, but as far as
>> I can tell, the card and monitor are properly being detected.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas?
>> Thanks
>> Ed
>>
>>
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