Bug#469607: xserver-xorg: Incorrect default configuration; desktop display unusable
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 08:25:17 +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> I have just completed a default desktop installation using a testbuild
> of D-I Lenny Beta1 and after the reboot the X.Org display was horrible.
>
> The display had completely wrong colors (too dark and striped) and the
> desktop was wider than the width of the monitor.
>
> There seem to be two reasons:
> 1) xorg was configured with too low sync values for my monitor
> 2) the default resolution that was selected was the highest possible
> (1600x1200) instead of one better supported by the monitor (e.g.
> 1280x1024).
>
1) is fixed in unstable, we don't put anything in the Monitor section
anymore, so X can automatically detect this on startup.
I'm not sure about 2), could you try starting X (from current lenny or
sid) with no mode listed in xorg.conf? If the wrong mode is chosen,
please add Option "ModeDebug" to the Device section, and send the
corresponding log to this bug (there should be a preferred mode in the
EDID from the monitor, which X will choose, but if that's not the case
we can add a quirk to the server for your particular monitor).
Cheers,
Julien
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