Re: Where/What's the xorg configurator?
Felix Miata a écrit :
> On 2009/04/22 22:40 (GMT-0400) Felix Miata composed:
>
>> I just installed Lenny for the first time on a system with GeForce4 MX4000
>> AGP. X is coming up on nv driver in 800x600. KControl provides no option to
>> up resolution from 800x600 that I can find, nor am I able to spot anything
>> else in the KDE menu system for X configuration. Krandrtray tops out at
>> 800x600 too. http://wiki.debian.org/ConfigureX doesn't seem up to date or any
>> help in finding how to configure X/display card/display. dpkg-reconfigure
>> xserver-xorg asked no questions related to resolution. How do I get a good
>> xorg.conf without manually editing it?
>
> I forgot to mention, my display does not have working DDC or EDID, so xorg et
> al have no way to know what is possible from it without some form of manual
> intervention.
>
> Since I didn't get an answer here, and couldn't find anything comparable, I
> got 1280x960@24bpp@96DPI by editing the xorg.conf result of xorg -configure
> myself: http://fm.no-ip.com/tmp/Linux/xorg.conf.03-1280x0960x096x24bpp-lenny
>
> Here's another reason I will continue openSUSE as #1 recommendation to those
> who ask "what distro" should be choosen. YaST/SaX2 in 11.1 and 11.2 (Factory)
> still provide the ability to build a working xorg.conf that gets desired
> results, with or without a working GUI to start with.
Hi,
you can use "kxgenerator" to set up a tailored xorg.conf
, using a mix of auto-detection and manually inputed values. Regarding
the modelines you can generate one with "gtf" like this:
gtf 1280 960 96
Allow me to disagree about OpenSuse, which is a fine distribution for
the rpm world in many aspects, aside from the disastrous Novell
attitude. But Sax is a mess according to any sensible user, go wander a
few forums and look for xorg/video drivers related posts... One of the
greatest and most common advice is to install proprietary drivers with
the downloaded installers, and completely ignore the sax2 "magic". As a
matter of fact it works far better without it.
Tom
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