On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 16:06, Paul Scott <pasl...@ultrasw.com> wrote: > Kelly Clowers wrote: >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 15:36, Paul Scott <pasl...@ultrasw.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> How can I learn how to tell Hal about my monitor's frequencies so I can >>> fix >>> the resolution? >>> >>> Running Debian sid. I have spent lots of time Googling, etc. with no >>> answers. >>> >>> FWIW the monitor is a Dell 770 >>> Horizontal scan range : 30 - 70 kHz (automatic) >>> Vertical scan range : 50 - 160 Hz (automatic) >>> >> >> I think for output devices that do not properly autoconfigure, you either >> continue to use xorg.conf > > I will try that. I was trying to learn to work with the "new" way.
I haven't seen anything about monitor info in fdi files. All this hal stuff lately has been about input devices only. >> >> or you use xrandr (in a script or something). >> >> xrandr 1.2 info: >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=927 >> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 >> > > xrandr seems to use the faulty info from Hal and won't go above 800x600. can't you override it with: xrandr --newmode <ModeLine> (modeline generated by gtf or cvt) and then activate it on a screen with something like: xrandr --addmode vga 1024x768 I admit I haven't had to try any of this myself. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
