Re: need help with xorg.conf

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:42:16 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:

(...)
 
> 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.

I would try first to get the recommended resolution (1366x768@60) by 
using "xrandr" on-the-fly to test things:

http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12

Once accomplished that, you can go on with another fancy settings on 
xorg.conf file.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón