Re: monitor size and resolution problem


Subject: Re: monitor size and resolution problem
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@iainstevenson.com)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 02:18:59 MST


You need to:

1) start from the console, use fbset to set the mode you want
2) run Xautoconfig4 to create a new /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Try starting X,
it may work

... if it doesn't

3) edit XF86Config-4 and look for the bit starting: Section "Modes"
   Remove all the modeline entries except the one that is not a "standard"
Apple mode
   and was generated by Xautoconfig (ie probably the last one)
4) Look for the section of XF86config-4 starting: Section "Screen"
   Edit the following lines as shown:

        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 8
                Modes "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 16
                Modes "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
                Modes "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection

   This should stop X from choosing anything other than 1280x1024.

If it fails, look at the output of /var/log/XFree86.0.log to see what's
happening.

  Iain

        

--On Monday, December 17, 2001 4:37 pm -0700 Michael Giffin
<Michael.Giffin@Colorado.EDU> wrote:

> in a new install of YDL-2.1, the monitor is displaying a screen size of
> 1280x1024 at a resolution of 1024x768, so that the screen runs off the
> edges of the monitor. fbset reports that the mode is 1024x768-60. the
> monitor will support 1280x1024-75., and did so just fine in YDL-2.0.
> unfortunately, this is a new disk.
>
> can this be fixed by editing the XF86Config-4 file? i have input the h-
> and v-sync values in the XF86Config file, and the only modes listed are
> all 1280x1024 resolution. do i need to specify the screen size somewhere?
>
> ta.
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