On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 02:55:37PM +0100, Lorenzo Bandieri wrote: > > Hi, Folks -- > > > > I'm setting up a laptop as a Christmas gift for my sister; it's an Acer > > Aspire 5250 with Radeon HD 6310. Netinstall of Squeeze went smoothly > > enough, > > but the aspect ratio seems wrong (too wide; kinda squashed). Gnome and Xorg > > are offering only resolutions of 1024x768 and 800x600. Both have this > > ratio, > > such that items I know should appear round appear as ovals instead. > > [snip]
> Hi Jeff, > > You can set your screen resolution using xrandr. You can easily find > several howtos; after a quick search I found an ubuntu thread [1] and > a ubuntu wiki page [2] that seemed appropriate to me (though I did not > check extensively, I post them just to give you an idea). Just > remember that those change will not survive a reboot, but you can > automate the execution on every boot. The link I posted should explain > this, too: for instance, you can paste them in > /etc/gdm3/Init/Default. > > Hope this helps, > Lorenzo > > [1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1474910 > [2] > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution#Adding%20undetected%20resolutions Problem pretty much resolved itself with upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy. As soon as that was successfully done, Gnome's 'System Settings' presented a range of choices for the screen's dimensions, some 4:3, some 16:9, even one 3:2, all labeled as such. :-) -- -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111210085646.ge2...@saphira.wellnow.com
