On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com>wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: > > Stephen Powell wrote: > >> You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no > >> "one size fits all" answer to that question. It depends on a lot of > >> things. > >> Please provide the following information: > >> > >> (1) The make and model of your computer > >> (2) The make and model of your video card > >> (3) The make and model of your monitor > >> (4) The type of monitor (CRT, LCD, etc.) > >> (5) The type of video connection used (digital, analog, etc.) > >> (6) The contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if it exists > >> (7) The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log > >> (8) Which release of Debian you are running (Lenny, Squeeze, Sid, etc) > > > > (1) I'm on AMD64/Asus motherboard P5Q > > (2) NVIDIA 9800GT > > (3) ASUS VH242H > > (4) LCD > > (5) Digital connection, not DVI > > Digital connection, but not DVI? Hmm. This may be out of my league. I > don't > have any experience with that. > > > (6) > > Section "ServerLayout" > > Identifier "X.org Configured" > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Files" > > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" > > FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" > > FontPath "built-ins" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Module" > > Load "record" > > Load "extmod" > > Load "glx" > > Load "dri" > > Load "dbe" > > Load "dri2" > > 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" > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > > ModelName "Monitor Model" > > 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 "SWcursor" # [<bool>] > > #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] > > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] > > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] > > #Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>] > > #Option "Rotate" # [<str>] > > #Option "VideoKey" # <i> > > #Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>] > > #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>] > > #Option "CrtcNumber" # <i> > > #Option "FPScale" # [<bool>] > > #Option "FPTweak" # <i> > > #Option "DualHead" # [<bool>] > > Identifier "Card0" > > Driver "nvidia" > > VendorName "nVidia Corporation" > > BoardName "G92 [GeForce 9800 GT]" > > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Card0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 1 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 4 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 8 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 15 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 16 > > EndSubSection > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 24 > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > It's the proprietary nvidia driver! Oh no! ;-) > > My first question is, how did you come up with this config file? > Did you create it yourself by hand? Did you run a script to create it? > Did the proprietary nvidia driver installation program create it for you? > It seems way over-specified to me. > > > > (7) > > ... > > (++) using VT number 8 > > This is off topic, but did you notice that the X server initialized itself > on VT number 8 instead of VT number 7? That means, for example, that if > you are on virtual console number 1 (text mode) and wish to switch to > the X server, you will need to use Ctrl+Alt+F8 instead of the usual > Ctrl+Alt+F7. I've noticed this bug too lately. In fact, it's > possible that you have have two copies of the X server running. > One on VT 7 and one on VT 8. Wouldn't that be a hoot? > > > > ... > > (II) Apr 29 19:58:59 NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 > x > > 1080 > > Is that the resolution you are trying to obtain: 1920x1080? It's not a > standard 4:3 aspect ratio, so it's most likely probed from the monitor. > > > > ... > > (8) Squeeze with Sid nvidia drivers > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` > `- > > I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen (like on the menu bar in iceweasel/icedove, for example) aren't too easy to read. They just don't look right. How do I fix that?
