From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FCDH2-0007z4-S4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:00:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1N9xLTD008022; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:59:21 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.193]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1N9t0J0010110 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:55:01 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i22so8393wra for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:55:00 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Guvj97C9l8TMV7DfblyNFlopcitCg5TUzzD87+JlZHGaCdDnwCAYx0vd4hg3w6yNL+U5uZG0ju2njgQfIvj/KwbEOulDZoTuQWsraLpSMOD7C+7Dk+M0Xbn8KRHxxvGMbJ4rJd/Nr40f5mk+u6HoccN3iqEs+D+xiVaE7Giyyhc= Received: by 10.65.126.5 with SMTP id d5mr321332qbn; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:54:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.147.13 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:54:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <87f1fb0a0602230154n25e3af25h415baf5bee46e686@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:54:59 -0500 From: "Jerry Eastmanhouser" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Screen settings In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_12255_11422346.1140688499491" References: <87f1fb0a0602220128r539faab4x82a07d287f9f7f29@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640602220704v5fa18b28j1d9aae0a37a4a294@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 59a57341-1de7-4f20-9a00-25575e77267c X-Archives-Hash: 447d2b55a4c1403adac07195d817508b ------=_Part_12255_11422346.1140688499491 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Well here is the thing...your getting a lot of errors in there with respect to the resolution. I took a snipit that I think is important here. *(II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using default hsync range of 28.00-33.00 kHz* *(II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using default vrefresh range of 43.00-72.00 Hz* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (hsync out of range)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)* *(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)* *(--) I810(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 1024)* *(**) I810(0): *Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz* *(II) I810(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync* *(=3D=3D) I810(0): DPI set to (75, 75)* See how the the horizontal and veritical ranges aren't so hot. The auto-detection can only do so much sometimes. I'm sure your going to have to refer to your monitor manual and plug in these settings manually....sometimes you can just google for them as well. For example on a spare box that I have an old 14inch VGA hooked up to the settings in the xorg.conf file is as follows. * HorizSync 31,38,46.8,48* * VertRefresh 50-100* Now this is an old monitor that I took from my office when they were throwing the monitor. It's old...and yellow and when they were throwing it away it was in 1998....my point here is that the configuration is higher than what you currently have in your confi= g file...I'm guessing that you have a monitor that is newer than the one I have configured so I'm guessing this is likely a major part of your problem. X works so much better if you have th= e exact configuration in there....and by doing it all by hand you'll also hav= e a much better understanding of how everything works and is setup. Also cop= y your /etc folder and store it somewhere. It's only going to be a few meg uncompressed and will save you loads of time later if you have a corruption...blowup or just a reinstall. J On 2/23/06, Rajat Gujral wrote: > > hello all, > > I was just goin thru Xorg.0.log file and i notice that after doing startx > some errors are being logged on the system ... I hope if someone know wha= t > exactly does this error means then please help me resolve it. > > Thanx in advance > > rgds > > rajat > > P.S. : Here with attached is the log file generated by startx > > > > On 2/23/06, Rajat Gujral wrote: > > > > Hi frino , steve > > > > i have added defaultdepth 24 to xorg.conf file but it still takes the > > resolution as 640 x 480 ... I have checked the control panel > > >pheripherals > display and there is only 1 resolution availiable > > nothing else .. > > > > Now what shld i do pls help me through it ... > > > > > > Thanx and rgds > > > > > > Rajat > > > > On 2/23/06, Steven S. wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Rajat Gujral wrote: > > > > > > Have you tried adding the option DefaultDepth? Since you have the > > Modes > > > 1024x768 for 24, it should come out looking > > > like: > > > > > > Section "Screen" > > > Identifier "Screen0" > > > Device "Card0" > > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > > DefaultDepth 24 > > > SubSection "Display" > > > Viewport 0 0 > > > Depth 1 > > > EndSubSection > > > > > > This is the only way I am ever able to get my system to go to > > 1280x1024, > > > possibly it'll force yours to the correct setting. > > > > > > > Hi richard and jerry > > > > thanx for ur suggestions but i guess my problem remains the same ..= . > > My > > > > xserver still starts with screen resolution of 640 x 480 ... Before > > the > > > > improper shutdown it was working fine in 1024 x 768 resolution , bu= t > > now > > > no > > > > matter what resolution i provide, it starts up with 640 x 480 > > resolution > > > > which makes the screen appear so big .. Is there anything else that > > i can > > > do > > > > > > > > > > > > Thnx & Regds > > > > > > > > > > > > Rajat :) > > > > > > > > > > > > P.S. I have done "X -configure" and has detected the following > > settings : > > > > > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > > > Identifier "X.org Configured" > > > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > > > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > Section "Files" > > > > RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" > > > > ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules" > > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" > > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" > > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" > > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" > > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" > > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" > > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > Section "Module" > > > > Load "extmod" > > > > Load "dbe" > > > > Load "dri" > > > > Load "record" > > > > Load "xtrap" > > > > Load "glx" > > > > Load "type1" > > > > Load "freetype" > > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > > Identifier "Keyboard0" > > > > Driver "kbd" > > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > > Identifier "Mouse0" > > > > Driver "mouse" > > > > Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" > > > > Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1" > > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > Section "Monitor" > > > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > > > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > > > > ModelName "Monitor Model" > > > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > > > ### Available Driver options are:- > > > > ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False"= , > > > > ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" > > > > ### [arg]: arg optional > > > > #Option "NoAccel" # [] > > > > #Option "SWcursor" # [] > > > > #Option "ColorKey" # > > > > #Option "CacheLines" # > > > > #Option "Dac6Bit" # [] > > > > #Option "DRI" # [] > > > > #Option "NoDDC" # [] > > > > #Option "ShowCache" # [] > > > > #Option "XvMCSurfaces" # > > > > #Option "PageFlip" # [] > > > > Identifier "Card0" > > > > Driver "i810" > > > > VendorName "Intel Corp." > > > > BoardName "82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]= " > > > > > > BusID "PCI:0:1:0" > > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > Section "Screen" > > > > Identifier "Screen0" > > > > Device "Card0" > > > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > > > Depth 1 > > > > EndSubSection > > > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > > > Depth 4 > > > > EndSubSection > > > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > > > Depth 8 > > > > EndSubSection > > > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > > > Depth 15 > > > > EndSubSection > > > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > > > Depth 16 > > > > Modes "1024x768" > > > > EndSubSection > > > > SubSection "Display" > > > > Viewport 0 0 > > > > Depth 24 > > > > Modes "1024x768" > > > > EndSubSection > > > > EndSection > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/22/06, Richard Fish wrote: > > > >> > > > >> On 2/22/06, Jerry Eastmanhouser wrote: > > > >>> settings. I did mine manually a long long time ago, but I think > > you can > > > >> use > > > >>> xorgconfig to detect most of your settings for you...if > > so...hopefully > > > >> that > > > >>> will fix you up. > > > >> > > > >> I would suggest instead "X -configure". That should autodetect > > most > > > >> things, unlike xorgconfig which asks you a bunch of questions that > > > >> most users don't know the answers to. > > > >> > > > >> -Richard > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > ------=_Part_12255_11422346.1140688499491 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
Well here is the thing...your getting a lot of errors in there with re= spect to the resolution.  I took a snipit that I think is important he= re.
 

(II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using default hsync range of 28.00-33.00 kHz=

(II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using default vrefresh range of 43.00-72.00 = Hz

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync ou= t of range)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode c= lock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (bad mode= clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode c= lock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (hsync ou= t of range)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (bad mode c= lock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (bad mode= clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode c= lock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insuffic= ient memory for mode)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode = clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insuffic= ient memory for mode)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode = clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insuffic= ient memory for mode)

(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode = clock/interlace/doublescan)

(--) I810(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 1024)

(**) I810(0): *Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz,= 60.0 Hz

(II) I810(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480= 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync

(=3D=3D) I810(0): DPI set to (75, 75)

See how the the horizontal and veritical ranges aren't so= hot.  The auto-detection can only do
so much sometimes.  I'm sure your going to have to refer to your = monitor manual and plug
in these settings manually....sometimes you can just google for them a= s well.  For example
on a spare box that I have an old 14inch VGA hooked up to the settings= in the xorg.conf file
is as follows.
 
    HorizSync   31,38,46.8,48
    VertRefresh 50-100
 
Now this is an old monitor that I took from my office when they were t= hrowing the monitor.
It's old...and yellow and when they were throwing it away it was in 19= 98....my point here is
that the configuration is higher than what you currently have in your = config file...I'm guessing
that you have a monitor that is newer than the one I have configured s= o I'm guessing this is
likely a major part of your problem.  X works so much better if y= ou have the exact configuration in there....and by doing it all by hand you= 'll also have a much better understanding of how everything works and is se= tup.  Also copy your /etc folder and store it somewhere. It's only goi= ng to be a few meg uncompressed and will save you loads of time later if yo= u have a corruption...blowup or just a reinstall.
 
 
J
On 2/23/06, = Rajat Gujral <nutts4linux@g= mail.com> wrote:
hello all,

I was just goi= n thru Xorg.0.log file and i notice that after doing startx some errors are= being logged on the system ... I hope if someone know what exactly  d= oes this error means then please help me resolve it.

Thanx in advance

rgds

rajat

P.S. : Here with= attached is the log file generated by startx=20




On 2/23/06, = Rajat Gujral <nutts4linux@g= mail.com > wrote:=20
Hi frino , steve
=
i have added defaultdepth 24 to xorg.conf file but it still takes the resolution as 640 x 480 ... I have checked the control panel
>pheriph= erals > display and there is only 1 resolution availiable
nothing el= se ..

Now what shld i do pls help me through it ...


Thanx= and rgds


Rajat

On 2/23/06, Steven S. <stupendoussteve@gmail.com > wrote:
> On T= hu, 23 Feb 2006, Rajat Gujral wrote:
>
> Have you tried adding the option DefaultDepth? Since you h= ave the Modes
> 1024x768 for 24, it should come out looking
> l= ike:
>
>   Section "Screen"
> &= nbsp;        Identifier "Scree= n0"
>          Device&= nbsp;    "Card0"
>    &n= bsp;     Monitor    "Moni= tor0"
>       DefaultDepth 24
&= gt;          SubSection &= quot;Display"
>        =           Viewport &= nbsp; 0 0
>         &nbs= p;        Depth   &n= bsp; 1
>          EndSubS= ection
>
> This is the only way I am ever able to get my system= to go to 1280x1024,
> possibly it'll force yours to the correct sett= ing.
>
> > Hi richard and jerry=20
> > thanx for ur suggestions but i guess my problem remains the s= ame ... My
> > xserver still starts with screen resolution of 640 = x 480 ... Before the
> > improper shutdown it was working fine in = 1024 x 768 resolution , but now=20
> no
> > matter what resolution i provide, it starts up wit= h 640 x 480 resolution
> > which makes the screen appear so big ..= Is there anything else that i can
> do
> >
> >=20
> > Thnx & Regds
> >
> >
> > Rajat= :)
> >
> >
> > P.S. I have done "X -config= ure" and has detected the following settings :
> >
> &g= t; Section "ServerLayout"=20
> >        Identifier&nbs= p;    "X.org Configured&q= uot;
> >        Screen&nbs= p;     0  "Screen0" 0 0
> >        InputDevice&nb= sp;   "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> &g= t;        InputDevice  &n= bsp; "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSe= ction
> >
> > Section "Files"
> >        RgbPath &= nbsp;    "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
> > = ;       ModulePath   "/us= r/lib/modules"
> >       &= nbsp;FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"> >        FontPath &nb= sp;   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
> >        FontPath =     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
> > &= nbsp;      FontPath     &= quot;/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
> >     =    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/7= 5dpi/"
> >        Fon= tPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Module&qu= ot;
> >        Load &= nbsp;"extmod"
> >      &nb= sp; Load  "dbe"
> >   &nbs= p;    Load  "dri"
> > = ;       Load  "record&quo= t;=20
> >        Load &nbs= p;"xtrap"
> >       &= nbsp;Load  "glx"
> >    &n= bsp;   Load  "type1"
> > &= nbsp;      Load  "freetype&quo= t;
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDev= ice"=20
> >        Identifier&nbs= p; "Keyboard0"
> >     &nb= sp;  Driver      "kbd"> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice&q= uot;
> >        Identifier=   "Mouse0"=20
> >        Driver &n= bsp;    "mouse"
> >   = ;     Option      &q= uot;Protocol" "Microsoft"
> >   &nbs= p;    Option      "D= evice" "/dev/ttyS1"
> > EndSection=20
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > &n= bsp;      Identifier   "Monito= r0"
> >        Vendor= Name   "Monitor Vendor"
> >   &= nbsp;    ModelName    "Monitor= Model"=20
> > EndSection
> > Section "Device"
> &g= t;        ### Available Driver opti= ons are:-
> >        ### V= alues: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"= /"False",
> >        ### <string= >: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"> >        ### [arg]: arg op= tional
> >        #Option=      "NoAccel"     &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; # [<bool>]
> >        #Option &= nbsp;   "SWcursor"      &= nbsp;           # [&= lt;bool>]
> >        #O= ption     "ColorKey"    &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; # <i>
> >       &= nbsp;#Option     "CacheLines"  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;# <i>
> >        #Option &= nbsp;   "Dac6Bit"      &n= bsp;            # [&= lt;bool>]
> >        #O= ption     "DRI"     =             &nb= sp;     # [<bool>]
> >   =      #Option     "NoDDC&q= uot;            = ;         # [<bool>]
> >        #Option &= nbsp;   "ShowCache"      =            # [<bool>= ;]
> >        #Option = ;    "XvMCSurfaces"     &= nbsp;        # <i>
> &g= t;        #Option   =   "PageFlip"        =           # [<bool>= ]
> >        Identifier&nbs= p; "Card0"
> >      &= nbsp; Driver      "i810"
&g= t; >        VendorName &nbs= p;"Intel Corp."
> >      &= nbsp; BoardName   "82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics = Controller]"=20
> >        BusID &nb= sp;     "PCI:0:1:0"
> > EndSection> >
> > Section "Screen"
> >  = ;      Identifier "Screen0"
>= >        Device  &nbs= p;  "Card0"=20
> >        Monitor &= nbsp;  "Monitor0"
> >    &= nbsp;   SubSection "Display"
> > &nb= sp;            =   Viewport   0 0
> >    &n= bsp;           Depth=      1
> >      =   EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "D= isplay"
> >        &n= bsp;       Viewport   0 0
&= gt; >           &= nbsp;    Depth     4
> >&n= bsp;       EndSubSection
> >&nb= sp;       SubSection "Display"=
> >          &n= bsp;     Viewport   0 0
> >          &n= bsp;     Depth     8
> &= gt;        EndSubSection
> &g= t;        SubSection "Display&= quot;
> >         &nb= sp;      Viewport   0 0
> >= ;            &n= bsp;   Depth     15
> > &n= bsp;      EndSubSection
> >        SubSection &qu= ot;Display"
> >       &nbs= p;        Viewport   0 0<= br>> >          &nb= sp;     Depth     16
> &= gt;            =     Modes     "1024x768"<= br>> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection &qu= ot;Display"
> >       &nbs= p;        Viewport   0 0<= br>> >          &nb= sp;     Depth     24
> &= gt;            =     Modes     "1024x768"<= br>> >        EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> >
> >= ;
> > On 2/22/06, Richard Fish < bigfish@asmallpond.org > wrote:
> >>
> >> On= 2/22/06, Jerry Eastmanhouser <fuct= .it@gmail.com > wrote:
> >>> settings.  I did mine manual= ly a long long time ago, but I think you can
> >> use
> = >>> xorgconfig to detect most of your settings for you...if so...h= opefully
> >> that
> >>> will fix you up.
> >&g= t;
> >> I would suggest instead "X -configure". =  That should autodetect most
> >> things, unlike xorgconf= ig which asks you a bunch of questions that
> >> most users don't know the answers to.
> >>> >> -Richard
> >>
> >> --
> >&g= t; gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> >>
> >>> >
> --
> ge= ntoo-user@gentoo.org=20 mailing list
>
>


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