Error enabling 1600x900@60Hz resolution in xorg.conf
I just got a new system with a Dell ST2010F widescreen display. After going through Debian's standard install, I've wound up with a resolution of 1024x768. After some Xorg research, I came up with the following xorg.conf:
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Section "InputDevice" Code:
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I don't think the Vesa driver can run to that high a resolution.
Is there a particular reason you are using the Vesa driver?. The output of lspci | grep VGA would be helpful. |
Ah ok. My video card is an ATI Radeon HD 4350 (512 mb). I was trying to fix the resolution before I tried tackling the special-video-driver issue, but I guess I need to do both at once.
Here's the lspci output: Code:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 954f (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Code:
Driver "radeonhd" Code:
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The Vesa driver is a last resort,typically it will work with most video devices but give fairly poor performance.
The following guide is helpful for installing the Ati drivers with Debian: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Deb...allation_Guide I believe you will need to use the proprietary driver to get the best from your graphics card and monitor. |
I followed the steps to install the fglrx proprietary driver (at a different place actually, here: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary), and everything immediately worked correctly. I was even able to get rid of the modeline and all the custom xorg.conf stuff I've been fiddling with and it still auto-detects it.
Thanks for your help! |
Glad to hear you got it working!.
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