On Tue, 8 May 2012 13:47:47 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message <job863$vio$2...@dough.gmane.org>:
> On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:33:49 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > >> Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right" > >> -which works- but from there is very hard to direct the mouse to > >> the right place, i.e., it's unmanageable. > > > > > > Do you have an xorg.conf? > > No, that's deprecated since Squeeze. But I can try it :-) > > > If so, does it set a virtual screen size? > > > > SubSection "Display" > > ... > > Virtual 1024 768 > > ... > > Okay, let's see what happens. First, I let xserver generates the > xorg.conf for me: > > service gdm3 stop > Xorg -configure > > It outputs an error¹ an the file is not generated (oh, well, this can > be something to report). > > Okay, let's try another command: > > dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > Which makes nothing... no change, no questions, no file :-? > > Okay, I will generate the file manually: > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Monitor "Configured Monitor" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Virtual 3000 2000 ..your graphics iron supports this big a picture? Chk your X log for mention of "buffer", "vram" etc between the modelines and the acceleration setup. > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > When starting gdm3 I only get a black screen with the GNOME cursor > but nothing more. And I can't jump to a tty so I have to force a > shutdown. So, unless I have a way to generate a workable "xorg.conf" > file, I cannot try :-) > > ¹ Error: "(...) Number of created screens does not match number of > detected devices. Configuration failed. Server terminated with error > (2). Closing log file." > > Greetings, > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- 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/20120508180716.35470...@celsius.lan
