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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:20 pm    Post subject: Display resolution stuck at 1280x1024 Reply with quote

No matter what I try I can't get the display resolution below 1280x1024. I tried editing xorg.conf but this didn't work. What else can I try?

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# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "GLcore"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        #DisplaySize      340   270     # mm
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "DEL"
        ModelName    "DELL 1702FP"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
        HorizSync    30.0 - 80.0
        VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
        Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"                  # <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"                # <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                       # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"                     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"              # <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"                  # [<bool>]
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "intel"
        VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
        BoardName   "82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 16
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
                Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi, you should comment these :

Code:

# HorizSync    30.0 - 80.0
# VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0


Let X.ORG do his job :)
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, in fact you can drop the whole Monitor section - I've never had a problem with X's auto detection of monitors.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Keep us informe plz :)
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the help! I will try it out :)
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Grooveman wrote:
May your compile times be short, your libraries forever properly linked, and may your revdep-rebuilds be few and without incident.


Amen for this quote :)
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

d2_racing wrote:
Grooveman wrote:
May your compile times be short, your libraries forever properly linked, and may your revdep-rebuilds be few and without incident.


Amen for this quote :)


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