On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 00:10:16 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:30:37 +0200 > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 09:31:41 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:51:14 -0500 Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > > Celejar writes: > > > > > I'm stymied about my inability to properly (re) configure my Xorg > > > > > X server; I've googled and found people with similar problems, but > > > > > no systematic solution or explanation. I figure I'll ask here > > > > > before filing a bug report.
[...] > > Make sure you have the following packages installed: discover (or > > discover1), mdetect, xresprobe, read-edid. Add laptop-detect to that > > list if you are dealing with a laptop. Then run "dpkg-reconfigure > > xserver-xorg" again. [...] > The packages you mention were all present except for read-edid, which > I installed. Mouse detection isn't the real problem; by now it is > correct, and I know my mouse device is /dev/psaux and I have the > correct settings in backup xorg.conf files. My outstanding problem is > the screen resolution - I am not offered any possibility to set > 1024x768, even though I was running it fine before the upgrade. Also, > when I purge and reinstall xserver-xorg the scripts ask me the > identical set of questions three times. OK, then we have to look at your hardware and which driver is currently used. Please post the output of the following three commands: X -version lspci | egrep -i '(vga|graphic|display)' awk '/Section "(Device|Screen)"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]