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 1FCAPa-00038B-QE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:57:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1N6tbrk006918; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:55:37 GMT Received: from pproxy.gmail.com (pproxy.gmail.com [64.233.166.182]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1N6mFAX007157 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:48:39 GMT Received: by pproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 57so1963030pya for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:48:39 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type; b=qdSKT4qkfY7j6Vg5RiEqTb5W2nLdF9/3eZP1/HxM63ssh2iCsCIRGg8TlQTZelK/TitpoEixUtj9AITEdN4b6Ol19SD238yIaJL4bMKhynzKeydq4wneKLqGxHJkNKjXmP84u70cDSJe2rm6kkO5M+ZmoMnV4i06iR9Pfc/3Cqo= Received: by 10.35.99.17 with SMTP id b17mr1726064pym; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:48:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from adonis.lannet ( [71.111.119.175]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id m68sm106382pye.2006.02.22.22.48.38; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:48:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by adonis.lannet (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5FD65DD409E; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:47:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by adonis.lannet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A57ADD4086 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:47:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:47:43 -0800 (PST) From: "Steven S." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Screen settings In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <87f1fb0a0602220128r539faab4x82a07d287f9f7f29@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640602220704v5fa18b28j1d9aae0a37a4a294@mail.gmail.com> 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: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 63a70b76-181b-4d77-a9cd-2c77996b13e6 X-Archives-Hash: 07809f7421a7c3359f63c52c004bcb33 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 , but 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