On 03/12/10 07:42, Paul E Condon wrote:
I have a cheap flat screen monitor on one of my computers. I works nicely, but not perfectly with Lenny. But in a much inferior way when I switch to Squeeze. In particular: The screen is 1366x768 according to the user manual that came with it. Under Lenny, X chooses to run it at 1280x768 which is OK, but Under Squeeze, X chooses 1024x768 which makes things that should be circle into broad elipses. And wastes a lot of the resolution on over-size characters. I would like to try composing some configuration lines and inserting them in a conf file, xorg.conf, I think, but I'm not sure. Some quidance would be greatly appreciated.
Hello Paul,As of my experience the automatic configuration did not work so I manually configured the resolution following these steps (----NOTEs : change the values to suit your hardware and be sure the video card supports the resolution and try to also follow xorg.conf man page ---)
1 - I found the suggested monitor resolution (1920x1080@60Hz) in the User Manual
2 - I used the "gtf" utility to calculate a vesa compliant ModeLine, running at the command prompt the following:
gtf 1920 1080 603 - I Inserted in xorg.conf (section Monitor) the ModeLine that I got in step 2 (naming it "1920x1080_60.00")
4 - I set up VertRefresh e HorizSync (section Monitor) according to the monitor specs
5 - I inserted in xorg.conf (section Screen, subsection Display) in the Modes option listing the already found "1920x1080_60.00" ModeLine
cheers d