On Thu 11 Apr 2013 at 21:27:13 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 04/10/13 17:10, Brian wrote: > >First test the display resolution you want to have as described by > >Benjamin. > > I run it at 1600x1200 at 85 Hz, or thereabouts.
You might want to do that but the manual for the Asus M2NPV-VM indicates the motherboard and graphics chipset will not co-operate with you. Can you see why? And how about the results of the recommended testing method? If it fails to produce a resolution you want then it is pointless trying to do the same thing in xorg.conf. This might save you some work cutting and pasting: 1. MODELINE=$(cvt 1600 1200 75 | grep Modeline | cut -d'"' -f3) 2. echo $MODELINE 3. xrandr --output "VGA-1" --newmode "1600x1200" $MODELINE 4. xrandr --addmode "VGA-1" "1600x1200" 5. xrandr --outpt "VGA-1" --mode "1600x1200" Changing the cvt options is also a route to hours of endless fun. Be adventurous and try '1280 1024 60'. > >If it works you can use my xorg.conf as a basis to write yours: > > I tried my hand at writing the simplest xorg.conf I could -- every > time the screen turned black and I was effectively locked out. > (Apparently, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace no longer kills X servers, nor does > any of the other keystrokes I tried; nor could I switch to another > console. I don't have or want sshd, so push the reset button...) > > Then I tried starting X with an empty xorg.conf: > > root@a64x23800p:~# touch /etc/X11/xorg.conf.empty > root@a64x23800p:~# X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.empty This muddies the waters. The second command is suspect. > Same result. Please see xorg.conf.empty-typescript and > xorg.conf.empty-Xorg.0.log at URL, below. I did. Sorry, but I'm not wading through disorganised text. It would be much better to compress the logs with bzip2 or, for more compression, xz, attach to a mail and send to the list. > When I boot the machine without any xorg.conf, X comes up at > 1024x768 @ 60 Hz. Please see no.xorg.conf-Xorg.0.log, at URL below. We know why that happens. Neither xorg nor nouveau are at fault. > If X pukes on an empty xorg.conf, I don't know how I'm going to > provide my monitor and screen settings to X. I reckon anybody could have trouble trying to start X in the way you have. -- 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/20130412133529.GD30093@desktop
