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Re: configuring xserver



2009/9/24 Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net>:
> I just purchased a small LCD monitor. It is 16:9 format and 1366x768.
> I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> and that program set up the driver for 1024x768, so naturely the letters
> and graphics were stretched out horizontally. 1366x768 is not an option
> offered by Gnome preferences screen-resolution. What is the Debian way
> to deal with this? What should I read?

You might like to look into configuring yourself a modeline to tell
the xserver what the hardware is capable of if it's not automatically
detected.

Adrian

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24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths?
<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to
ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
apartment it is.


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