Re: configuring xserver
Paul E Condon wrote:
> On 2009-09-24_22:49:04, Adrian Levi wrote:
>> 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
>
> Yes. That is what I want to do. Where are the current modelines stored?
> Somewhere in /etc I suppose, but there is a lot of stuff in /etc that
> is automatically overwritten. I'd like to put my mode line in a place
> that is considered authoritative by the Debian/GNU/Xwindows/Linux system.
> And I'd like to use correct syntax for my modelines to that they are properly
> understood by whatever is designed to read modelines.
>
> I wouldn't mind reading some documents that explain what is going on, but
> I doubt that I will remember whatever I might learn, especially if it
> doesn't actually lead to my successfully configuring this monitor.
>
> Thanks for the clue that what I need is 'a modeline'. Words matter, especially
> if you can't remember the ones that are used in the index to life.
> I'll go Google modeline.
Hi,
I'd use something like "gtf 1366 768 60" (for 60Hz) to get a modeline,
then put it in the "Monitor" section of xorg.conf.
Otherwise learn some "randr" magic there maybe ?
http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12
and forget it as I did... :-(
Tom
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