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06-17-2005, 02:27 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 19
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X.org Resolution Change Problems
Hi,
I'm having issues with X.org. I can't change the screen resolution. I've modified the xorg.conf file more times than i can count. I've used the configuration program. And no matter what I do, the resolution never changes from 640x480.
Yes, the monitor and card are capable of driving the screen at 1024x768, I know becaues I used to run virtual framebuffer console thing.
I'm not sure the specific type of chip inside the computer. It's an IBM Netfinity 5000.
Any help would be appreciated.
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06-17-2005, 02:52 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Ubuntu 7.04
Posts: 1,994
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Code:
sudo -c '/sbin/telinit 3' # Switch to console mode (may be 2 on some systems)
#... log in ...
X --logverbose 5 # X will start; press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to kill it
sudo -c '/sbin/telinit 5' # Switch back to GUI (may be 4 on some systems)
You should then get details in logged in /var/log/XOrg.0.log (I think that's the right file for XOrg) with explanations as to why the higher-resolutions are being dropped.
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06-17-2005, 02:57 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Earth
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu, Smoothwall
Posts: 1,571
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Re: X.org Resolution Change Problems
Quote:
Originally posted by Nalor
I've modified the xorg.conf file more times than i can count.
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How high can you count?  j/k
Maybe if you include the pertinent parts of your xorg.conf we can see what you've done there. Sometimes this is a problem with the horizontal and vertical frequency settings for your monitor in there.
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06-17-2005, 03:19 PM
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#4
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 19
Original Poster
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Rjlee: It refused to start X that way, said that option was invalid.
I can't paste the config, since that machine is not on a network, so I'll include the important informatoin
Config:
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
Section "DEvice"
Identifier "Standard VESA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "vesa"
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
Driver "vesa"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "My Video Card"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Mode "1024x768"
EndSubsection
EndSection
I also found out my graphics card name: S3 Trio64V2/DX/GX Revision E.
And parts of /var/log/org.0.log that looked interesting to my newbie self:
(II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 16 64KB banks (1024kB)
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
(--) VESA(0): Virtual size 640x480 (pitch 640)
(**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "640x480"
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06-17-2005, 04:33 PM
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#5
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 19
Original Poster
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Well, I fixed it sort of. I used the generic S3 drivers, and switched to 8bit, and it does now work at higher resolutions. But, the screen sort of scrambles when X is open , and when I ext it, the text is all messed up, as if the characters were a different set.
Broken drivers?
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06-17-2005, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Earth
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu, Smoothwall
Posts: 1,571
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Quote:
Originally posted by Nalor
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
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Is this correct for your monitor?
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06-17-2005, 05:19 PM
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#7
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 19
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Yes.
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06-17-2005, 05:21 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: India
Distribution: Slacky 12.1, XP
Posts: 992
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try "xorgsetup"
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06-18-2005, 01:33 AM
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#9
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 26
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enter to this page http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl , just put the resolution and refresh rate that you want and it will give you a line this line put it in your xorg.conf file in the monitor section and also put the resolution you want as an option in the display section, if you want i can post my xorg.conf file if you need more info
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