On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 07:47 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > Section "Device" > Identifier "Default Device" > Driver "vesa" > EndSection > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Configured Screen" > Device "Default Device" > Monitor "Default Monitor" > Subsection "Display" > # > # Note: specifying a mode name of "1024x768" eliminates interlaced modes > # from consideration. Interlaced modes have a mode name ending in "i". > # For example: "1024x768i". > # > Modes "1024x768" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > However, the first problem may be a usage issue that > I can solve with appropriate tweaks in xorg.conf. I just need to know > what to do. Ideas anyone?
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /mnt/avlinux/etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 \n \l [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /mnt/avlinux/etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" DisplaySize 305 230 HorizSync 29-98 VertRefresh 50-120 modeline "1152x864" 128.42 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 910 Gamma 1.0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1152x864" EndSubSection EndSection In the past it was possible to get the frequency range by trial and error, today this doesn't work for me anymore, you need to get it from the web or your monitor's manual or IIRC I looked at a Suse install, they provided default values for monitors. My German monitor might be equal to another, international one, but IIRC I couldn't get info by the web, just Suse supported it. On Arch Linux with a nearly equal config, I get 81.9kHz/90.0Hz with the above config. IIRC the frequency thing does work with the vesa driver too, just the resolution has to be 1024x768 or another, but at least not 1152x864. I heard that modelines should be obsolet, but IIRC it doesn't work here without. IIRC used an online calculator to get it. Hth, Ralf PS: I own a NVIDIA and a ATI graphics and sometimes I need to switch the graphics, very seldom I need to use the vesa driver too. Most of the times both graphics can be used. Usually X isn't an issue here, but seldom it is and then it's a real PITA. -- 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/1382014458.5852.86.camel@archlinux