Bug#449321: Cannot set screen resolution in xorg.conf using ATI driver

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

reassign 449321 xserver-xorg-video-ati
found 449321 1:6.6.193-3
thank you


Michael Vanier wrote:
> Package: x11-common
> Version: 1:7.3+3
>
> I'm running debian unstable, and I upgraded to the latest debian
> unstable version of X, and now my preferred screen resolution
> (1152x768) is ignored in my xorg.conf file.  I read some of the blog
> posts about how configuration has been simplified, and accordingly I
> stripped down my xorg.conf file to a minimal configuration.  After
> hours of trial and error (trying every suggestion I found in the many
> related bug reports), I still cannot get X to recognize my preferred
> resolution -- it always sets it to the maximum resolution, and the
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log file states that there is no valid mode, so it
> picks the default (full resolution, 1680x1050).  This is on a Dell
> Latitute D810 with an ATI x600 driver.  I'm attaching my xorg.conf
> file and the log file.

You are not using the RandR 1.2 driver (6.7.19x in experimental). You
are using the old-style driver (6.6.193 from unstable). But the
xorg.conf simplification that you're talking about targets RandR 1.2
drivers only.

So you should upgrade xserver-xorg-video-ati to experimental
(1:6.7.195-2). 6.6.193 is a dead-end anyway, all the work is done in
6.7.19x nowadays.

Brice