Steven Wheelwright wrote:
> I am fairly new, but I was under the impression that you should not edit
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Rather, you should, as root, do
>
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> You can choose a `simple,' `medium,' or `advanced' configuration for
> setting the monitor resolution.
>
> This way, the configuration files and your preferences are managed by
> dpkg; when a new version comes, the transition will be easier.
>
> I apologize if I am completely wrong. Even if I am, though, I think it
> is much easier to use the method I mentioned.
>
> Still, I am confused because you should have already gone through the
> configuration of xserver-xfree86 when you installed the system.
Yes, you do go through this when installing the system. However, in
*every* installation I've done with the Sarge installer (and even before
the Sarge installer was around), the resolution is *never* anything
beyond 800x600. No matter what I would tell it, it still comes up with
the same 800x600. The edit I proposed is quick and works. Since I have
nvidia video cards, I'm used to quickly editing this file, as are other
users. For instance, see the section labeled "Update your configuration":
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html
In a similar vein, the fonts for my emacs windows are (on a clean
installation) always too big. The fix that I routinely do to repair this
is switch the order of the 100dpi and 75dpi fonts to be in this order:
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" <----
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" <----
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" <----
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" <----
EndSection
Note how the 75dpi lines appear *before* the 100dpi lines. On a fresh
install, the 100dpi lines appear first, and that makes fonts in my emacs
menus way too big for me. Upon applying this edit, and restarting X, I
find the fonts for my emacs windows to be correctly sized. Perhaps there
is a "Debian way" for handling this, but I don't know what it is, and
have simply used the method described for getting an installation up and
running the way I want it quickly.
I'm encouraged by the new work in this area that I see with the Etch
installer. On each of the Etch installations I have done with the new
installer, the monitor resolution is correctly configured. The font
resolution issue, however, seems to remain.
Hope this helps,
Clint
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