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 > pecon...@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-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100312075159.ga15...@galactic.demon.co.uk
