Hello,

Not exactly a newbie, but I'm not that experienced with Linux (a demi-newbie?)
I had Sarge running on my old desktop pc and everything was fine but now I've installed Etch I cannot get my screen res above 640x480.
With Sarge, all I had to do was add the resolutions into the XFree86Config file and reboot.
On etch, the config file is different. I've made the changes to what I think it should be, but no joy.

The relevant parts of the xorg.conf is shown below. I've read that my monitor, a FPD1500, does not transmit its configuration correctly so you need to explicitly set it up.
If anyone has any ideas, then please let me know.

Thanks & Regards
Glenn

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Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "FPD1500"
VendorName "Gateway"
ModelName "FPD1500"
HorizSync 30-61
VertRefresh 56-76
Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
ModeLine "1024x768/60Hz" 65 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -HSync -VSync
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133"
Monitor "FPD1500"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x1508" "704x704" "696x696" "640x480" "632x632" "544x544" "504x504" "328x328"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x1508" "704x704" "696x696" "640x480" "632x632" "544x544" "504x504" "328x328"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x1508" "704x704" "696x696" "640x480" "632x632" "544x544" "504x504" "328x328"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x1508" "704x704" "696x696" "640x480" "632x632" "544x544" "504x504" "328x328"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x1508" "704x704" "696x696" "640x480" "632x632" "544x544" "504x504" "328x328"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x1508" "1024x798" "704x704" "696x696" "640x480" "632x632" "544x544" "504x504" "328x328"
EndSubSection
EndSection

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I think it should be
Modes "1024x768/60Hz"
to correspond to your modeline.
You may also want "fglrx" instead of "ati" if you have it.

I would just change it to this..


or if you really need to use that modeline..

The solutions given might be correct. If not, check /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see why a certain resolution is selected or not.

Secondly, you don't have to reboot! That is a waste of time if you are testing.

Either press crtl-alt-bksp, or open a tty window with ctrl-f1. Log in as root, and say:

/etc/init.d/kdm stop

and then:

/etc/init.d/kdm start


If you use gnome, substitute gdm for kdm.

jlinkels

Aaargh!! Yes. 768 does it of course.
I will try the fglrx driver
Thank you Volhv

Regards
Glenn

Thank you, jlinkels.
i didn't know either of those things.
Two very useful tips.

Don't use the official ATI fglrx driver! Stick to the out-of-box open source driver. Ati's official drivers only support newer cards (radeon 9200 and above).