On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:30:29 +0200, lavcina wrote: (please, do not send html formatted posts, thanks!)
>> Why "of course"? I don't have a separate /home partitions and still >> happy :-) > > my sweet /home is on a separate physical drive and I hope now to be able > to mess a little bit around without losing all data...:) Great, I just wanted to note that a separate "/home" is not required. >> What problems are you facing in GNOME? Be the more specific you can. >> ... >> I don't see where the problem with HDMI is. Can you describe what are >> the symptoms? Is it related to resolution, flickering, output not >> detected or bad positioning...? > > back to my issue: > > Under KDE everything is in the best order. The image is just as it > should be but my HDMI Monitor is not always detected on boot-up. So first problem in KDE: HDMI output is not always enabled. > Even when KDE runs the HDMI screen breaks on occasion. In what way "breaks"? Please describe what happens, what's what you see. > When I start GNOME on the other hand the resolution on both screens is > poor somehow blurred. First problem in GNOME: screen resolution is wrong. > My head begins to ache so I think there is also flickering. Positioning > is ok. I suspect that the driver isn't used right. Second problem in GNOME: Refresh rate is wrong. Both issues (with KDE and GNOME) can be due to the static values you have defined at the "xorg.conf" file. What happens when you rename this file (e.g., to something like "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.old") and boot the system? >> I would try with no "xorg.conf" file at all which OTOH, should not be >> required by now. > > What do you mean by OTOH? OTOH → On the other hand >> So you are using the VGA and HDMI ports, right? Using digital outputs >> is usually recommended (meaning, dvi would be better that vga). >> >> > (WW) RADEON(0): Direct rendering disabled (II) RADEON(0): >> > Acceleration disabled >> >> To get 3D capabilities you may need to install some binary blob >> (firmware-linux-nonfree) from the non-free repository. > > Yes that's right. I use HDMI and VGA ports. I can't use dvi because my > second Monitor is an older model with an interesting almost square > geometry - very good for reading. > Up to now I don't miss the extended 3D capabilities but you never > know... In Squeeze, the VGA 3D capabilities are not required unless you are using some kind of window compositing (such Compiz or KWin) which benefits from it but in any case, enabling direct rendering wouldn't do any harm while can speed up the desktop. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/k2vod9$4lj$1...@ger.gmane.org
