On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 16:22 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: HorizSync 31.5 - 48.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 Option "dpms" EndSection
I would try eliminating the sync/refresh/dpms as a starting point to just see if things will work at a basic level.
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Regardless, even if needed, try what I show below.
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My "Screen" section looks like this. Watch out for the line wrap on "Modes".
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" EndSubSection EndSection
Something is really not working....
I have changed inittab to: id:3:initdefault:
I am logged in as root, and run: system-config-display --reconfig
I go into the Hardware tab. There I see it lists my video card; when I go into configure the video card, it shows VESA (my video card is not a listed card). For the monitor type, I select LCD Monitor 1280x1024. Back to the Settings tab, I select 1024x768. I click on OK to save all this, and system-config-display ends.
I've not used the GUI setup stuff, so I have no thoughts on it. When you get done futzing around with that, does your xorg.conf have multiple resolutions in it?
I then run: init 5
It comes up in 640x480 mode (according to Preferences>Screen Resolution), and no other mode is listed.
Again, GUI me no help to you. You might want to try manually editing the xorg.conf to look similar to what I showed as a starting point. Get rid of the sync lines in the monitor section and see if it still works at a basic level, at least.
I go to Administration>Display, where it lists the current mode as 640x480, I select 1024x768 and click on OK (can barely see the OK button). I open a terminal window and run init 3 to get me out of X. I run init 5 again. The login screen is at a higher resolution than before, but once I log in as root, it is back to 640x480!
The display subsection in /etc/X11/xorg.conf lists only the modes: "1024x768" "800x600" "600x480".
OK. Now if you hit <CTL><ALT><NUM+ or NUM-> does it change resolutions?
In the standard XP that comes with the units, the default resolution is 800x480 and you can increase that and use the capacitor scroll bars to scroll the screen.
help....
I really know only a little about this stuff. My normal procedure is to *manually* set stuff up (after running the normal kudzu/system-config* stuff) to get what I want installed.
For me, debugging is much easier when the details are not hidden. So manually setting things up, and changing them, helps provide transparency.
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ISTR that there are some config files under $HOME that have settings that are used when X is started up (but last time I looked, it was X11R6). Maybe there is something under some of those dirs?
Sorry I can't help more.