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From: Paul E Condon on 12 Mar 2010 01:50 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. -- Paul E Condon pecondon(a)mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100312064216.GE4159(a)big.lan.gnu
From: Ron Johnson on 12 Mar 2010 02:30 On 2010-03-12 00:42, 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. > Move away your existing xorg.conf and then try again. Log in as a separate user and see what happens. When moving from a 1280x1024 monitor to one that's 1980x1024, I got really really concerned because the new monitor only functioned at 1280x1024. Then I logged in as root, and it was 1980x1024. Very puzzling! Finally, I thought to peek in the Control Panel, and saw that the Display (or whatever GNOME calls it) -- for *myself* -- was set to 1280x1024. Two seconds later, I'm at 1980x1024. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms." Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4B99EBFF.4070702(a)cox.net
From: Andrew M.A. Cater on 12 Mar 2010 03:00 On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:42:16PM -0700, 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. > > -- > Paul E Condon > pecondon(a)mesanetworks.net > Switch to a text mode virtual terminal (away from X) e.g. Alt-F1 Login as / become root with sudo killall kdm / gdm (killing your running X session). Run X -configure This will endeavour to force the X configuration programs to do a best guess as to your hardware and dump an xorg.conf.new in your home directory as the root user. If you run the command given 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new' and get the familiar grey background and X shaped cursor (bare X, no window manager) it's working. At that point you can copy the xorg.conf.new file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and carry on / use it as a basis for your own customisation. All the best, AndyC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100312075159.GA15059(a)galactic.demon.co.uk
From: daniele on 12 Mar 2010 04:40 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(a)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 60 3 - 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BLU0-SMTP33C1066E4C76D2C7A307EADC310(a)phx.gbl
From: Camaleón on 12 Mar 2010 05:00
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(a)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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.12.09.54.49(a)gmail.com |