2009/2/17 S D <sund...@yahoo.com>
>
> --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
>
> > For the "ati" module, you need the package:
> > p xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server --
> > ATI display driver
>
> Installed the xserver-xorg-video-ati package and it did resolve the issue
> somewhat. I was able to start X and KDE, KDE is running and and appears to
> be functional (v 3.5.10) but the picture looks very strange indeed.
>
> The picture now, for some reason, doesn't use the whole available screen
> space but leave unused areas about 3-5 cm from the left, right, top and
> bottom monitor edges. It looks something like this:
>
> +------------1------------------+
> | |
> | |
> | +-------2---------+ |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | +-----------------+ |
> | |
> | |
> +-------------------------------+
>
> Where 1 is the monitor and 2 is the picture.
>
> I usually run my monitor in 1600x1200 mode and KDE shows it as the current
> resolution.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
>
I had a similar problem after the upgrade to Lenny.
My problem was that at GDM login the screen was a bit to left but inside
GNOME was fine. GNOME was forcing vertical refresh rate at 75 but X was
using 60, thus I had tha difference.
Try the following
1) inside GNOME/KDE open a terminal and run xvidtune and tune the settings
as you wish. Then click on show button, this will print on the terminal the
setting to be used in xorg.conf.
2) Use the above info to add a Modeline in the Monitor section on your
xorg.conf
Furthermore, make sure the same Modeline name is in the Screen Section
Here is a snap of my xorg.conf, take a look at "1280x1...@75"
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SDM-HS75P"
HorizSync 28-80
VertRefresh 48-75
Option "DPMS"
Modeline "1280x1...@75" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025
1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Nvidia FX5500"
Monitor "SDM-HS75P"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1...@75" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
3) restart X
Hope it helps,
Pavlos
