Monittor can't display correct resolution
Hi folks,
slamd64-11.0 graphic card: Asus GeForce 7300 GS (PCI-E 16, 256MB 64bit) NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Philips 200WP7 LCD display 1680x1050 resolution Can't display the correct resolution on screen; $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf Code:
.... B.R. satimis |
Are you sure that's the right resolution. Even if the monitor supports it, it doesn't mean the video card does.
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well first of look at the nvidia site for the latest linux driver.
if im not mistaken i saw you own and amd64? then this should be the link http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-9746.html still i suggest you go to the nvidia site and choose whats best from the drivers download page. even though i don't have an nvidia on my slackbox, i read there that they have added a utility to help you config your X config file.that should be neat - grab that too. anyhow once installed the graphics card, i suggest you input your monitor characteristics in the xorg conf file too. mine looks like (just the monitor section) Code:
DisplaySize 320 240 # mm perhpas in your monitor's vendor site you can get some additional info about how to set up your monitor in linux. you should be fine there after nass |
hi, first thing I want to ask is what did you use to setup your xorg.conf file? Did you use xorgconfig or xorgsetup, because certain lines in your config file are wrong in my opinion, especially the video decive section, if you have a nividia card you should use the "nv" driver and then install the nvidia drivers from nvidia's website and switch to the "nvidia" driver. If you have still have trouble let us know, I remember when I got my widescreen monitor it took me about 2 hours to get it at 1440x900 but now I can do it in about 2 minutes.
Sorry if you don't understand all this, im just taking it one step at a time. |
Hi Daedra,
I'm now answering your posting on another PC, FC6. Because slamd64-11.0 can't connect Internet 10 minutes ago. It has been working for at least 4~5 hours without problem. In order to check the problem not coming from ISP I run FC6. Quote:
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B.R. satimis |
of first thing you should do is make a new xorg.conf file, first back up your old one like this
cd /etc/X11/ mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.backup once the file is backed up, run as root xorgsetup this will generate a new xorg.conf file, once you do this startx and if everything is fine, post the contents of the xorg.conf file |
Hi Daedra,
Tks for your advice. Quote:
# ls Code:
WindowMaker/ fvwm2/ rstart/ xdm/ xorg.conf-fbdev xorg.conf.original xsm/ # xorgsetup Started "CONFIGURE X SERVER?" window. On clicking [Yes] it closed and prompted: Code:
B.R. satimis |
did you run it will you were in x windows? Because you have to log out of the X server and run it from the command prompt
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Hi Daedra,
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Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support Now the remaining problem is to increase the font size on the top toolbar of Mozilla. I'm still searching a solution. Anyway tks again for your advice. B.R. satimis |
To fix mozilla, go to Edit -> Preferences -> "Content" tab - > "Advanced" button under the "Fonts & Colors" section and change "Display resolution" to be "System setting" (or whatever you like).
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Hi ciotog,
Tks for your advice. Quote:
I have my problem solved with following steps as advised by folks in another thread; $ touch ~/.gtkrc-2.0 $ nano ~/.gtkrc-2.0 copied "gtk-font-name = "Lucida Sans 14" on it. Restarted X and evoked Firefox. Font size increased. Repeated the same steps as root. Tks. B.r. satimis |
Trust me, it would have worked. You have to have restarted Firefox / Mozilla and you would have seen the change.
Actually with Mozilla it's slightly different: "Edit -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Font" and there change the "Display resolution" preference. |
Hi ciotog,
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Mozilla Firefox Edit --> Preferences --> (Appearance does not exits here) instead --> Content --> (under Fonts & Color) Advanced --> Fonts (here I increased the font size --> OK --> Close exiting "Preferences" Restarted "Mozilla Firefox" - Font size still the same (small) Restarted X and then Mozilla Firefox - No improvement. B.R. satimis |
in your mozilla, what's the value for "browser.display.screen_resolution" in "about:config"
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Which version of firefox do you have? 2.0 might have moved stuff around, or maybe you have an older version than 1.5. There should be a "display resolution" option, changing the default font for page text won't change the menu bar as you found out.
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