Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:15:23 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X resolution Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1011161709070.36911@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4CE30C07.2090006@netfence.it> References: <4CE30C07.2090006@netfence.it>
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > I've configured my X to use a 1600x1200 resolution (or so I thought...). > It used to work until the last X.Org upgrade; after that it *usually* worked: > very rarely it would start at 2048x1536, but a couple of Ctrl-Alt-Backspace > was normally enough. > > Since a couple of day, it always start at 2048x1536, and there is no way to > get 1600x1200 unless I login and change resolution afterwards (which is > however enought to mess all my KDE fonts up). It sounds like the EDID information isn't always working. Check your video cable to see if a pin is bent over, or try a different one. > I've got this in my xorg.conf: > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "SyncMaster" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "SyncMaster" > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 32 > Modes "1600x1200" > EndSubSection > EndSection 32 is not a valid depth, according to xorg.conf(5). > Of course I can provide full xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log, but they are quite > long... xorg.conf is usually not a problem. Log files can be posted on the web somewhere, like pastebin.com. > Card is a Radeon HD 4200. What is the monitor?
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