Here is some things for you to try:

1.) Create a fresh user with all the groups added it to so, video, cdrom, uuct, games, all that stuff as previously posted above and see if that new user logs in with the XGL graphics running. If it does it could be that Beryl changed some files in your xorg.conf file or something. In which case we can hunt that down or uninstall beryl and try to install it agian.

2.) Assuming the first step doesn't make any diffrence, check these following 3 files in root and compare them to your users accounts files to see if there is any diffrences.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/<users home dir>/.xinitrc

Check to see which display / windows manager is being loaded in your .xinitrc if you are running KDE its probably kdm however xgl might put some special settings in. The key is to look at the diffrences between the files between the users.

Let m know if this helps or if there was any major differences.

I created the test user and it DID startup with the xgl effects intact. I compared the test user xinitrc.template file to my user and they look identical.

I don't have time right now, but how about this:

What if I log in as root, and delete my original user, then just recreate it? I bet that would do the trick since it worked for the test user. It's not like I have a lot of stuff set up or a lot of time into this yet, so what do you think?

Edit: Or for that matter, I could just delete my original account and rename the test account as mine. I know it seems like the easy way out and I don't learn much from it, but if it works.............

Thanks for the steer to adding the 915resolution line to boot.local. After putting 10.2 on my Acer laptop (TravelMate 2304WLMi) the only thing I couldn't get to work was the 1280x800 display.

It had worked in 10.1, and in 10.2 SaX2 said it was working but in KDE the highest resolution I could get was 1024x768, and it wouldn't go widescreen. After some experimenting and reading this thread, I realised that whatever happened during boot, SaX2 was overwriting the xorg.conf file. I had a look at the time stamp, did a reboot and sure enough it had re-done it.

So I looked for 915resolution and found it in /sbin/ added the line:

/sbin/915resoluton 58 1280 800 32

to boot.local in /etc/rc.d/, rebooted and all came good. I now have to put the fonts back to something more sensible

After all 10.2 is proving to be a big improvement.

For nonstandard resolutions, I would use the gtf program to generate a modeline.
It is a part of the x11 installation so you have it.
gtf <horiz> <vert> <refresh> -x

I don't think the modeline was the problem. Opening Sax2 it showed my screen setting as 1280x800 despite it being 1024x768, and the modelines in xorg.conf were correct. Also the boot screen looked right. I think this is something to do with the update and 915resolution doesn't recognize this chipset on this BIOS.

There is one other funny though. I changed my screen saver back to Flying Toasters and they look weird. The 3D seems to be backward, as you can see into the toasters (some have slices of toast!) and the perspective is backwards. I shall look into it and see what I can find.

It must be something do do with OpenGL, as it is only those screensavers which are wrong. The gears & engine are completely screwed!

Yeah thats totally fine, just delete your old user and rename the test one or delete both and create a fresh account. Something in the profile must of been changed somewhere along the lines, doing what you have in mind will save you a ton of time then hunting down the 1 line of code that got changed in some config file :P

Glad to know that I was able to help you guys out and iron out the last kinks for your 10.2 install.

Yes, thanks a lot Rusty, you helped me a lot. Hopefully now I can retire from this thread

i finally got my 1440x900 32bit resolution on Ubuntu 6.06LTS Dapper, it took me an entire afternoon plus lots of forum reading and googling, but at the end, i finally got it working.

the way i did it was that i downloaded the 915resolution driver as a Debian Package. then i used the Gedi Packager and it installed it.

then i went to /usr/share/doc/915resolution and there's a file named "README.Debian". i read the instructions there and edited the files /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/default/915resolution with the info that is there.

then went to console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and logged in with my account then did "# sudo killall gdm", then "# sudo gdm" and Gnome was restarted with the new resolution, then just edited the file "/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh" with:

"Add the line 915resolution 58 1440 900 after the line : "[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS""

so Dapper would know that this is the new resolution everytime. and voila!!!!
1440x900x32 all the time.
jejejejee...

please aks me for more info about this driver and the Dell Inspiron E1405 video driver.
would be thankful to help.

Hi

Does the same solution work in MEPIS 3.4? I don't want to break anything. I didn't install 915 resolution using Gedi Packager, just extracted the tarball in /.
Here's my thread with the question and where I'm up to so far:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...=915resolution

Luke

Well, I can't believe I am resurrecting this thread, but here goes.

I have installed opensuse 11.0 on this same laptop. It defults into 1680 x 1050 resolution. i want 1440 x 900, which is what this whole thread was about to begin with.

The output of 915resolution -l is:


Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.3

Chipset: 945GM
BIOS: TYPE 1
Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269
Mode Table Entries: 36

Mode 30 : 1440x900, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 41 : 1440x900, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 50 : 1440x900, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel


I ran 915resolution 50 1440 900 32 and got this:

Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.3

Chipset: 945GM
BIOS: TYPE 1
Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269
Mode Table Entries: 36

Patch mode 50 to resolution 1440x800 complete


I also put the following line in my etc/init.d/boot.local file:

/sbin/915resolution 50 1440 900 32

Every time I reboot, I am in 1680 x 1050 resolution. I can't change it in SAX either, it just doesn't take.

I am open to suggestions.

So far evrything is working great in 11.0, but my eyes just aren't good enough for 1680 x 1050

Thanks, Cueman

Also, here is the display section of my xorg.conf file:

Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 331 207
HorizSync 30-82
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "CF264 154P2 LCD MONITOR"
Option "DPMS"
Option "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
VendorName "SEC"
VertRefresh 43-60
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Here's the kicker. When I run SAX2, it says my current resolution is 1440 x 900, so I click 'test' and when the test screen comes up, it says 1680 x 1050.

Very frustrating !!!

loosely related problem and probably a noob question. Not a noob, but not a video hardware guru, either.
Got a box running a (probably) PCChips m863g mobo with rev. 1.5A stencilled on it.
OS is SuSE 10.3, and it identifies the chipset as SiS 741GX and graphics imbed as SiS 660.
Attempting to assist a friend who is less computer literate than I to get a brand-new gift Viewsonic VX1962 working on that box. Monitor is 19" LCD asking for 1680 x 1050 resolution at h c v freqs of 24 - 82 Khz x 50 - 75 Hz
The monitor is not on the sax list.
I confess ignorance - can someone make me smarter and tell me if that resolution is possible from that graphics chip?
Thanx in advanceJPhred