Re: monitor detection maybe not working - another try

2011-07-05 Thread Ryo
On Jul 2, 9:20 pm, Paul Scott wrote: [. . .] > I believe that if my monitor info were being read correctly I would have > no problem with monitor resolution.  Is is possible that I just need to > file a bug against read-edid? I recently had a conversation with a maintainer of xserver-xorg-video-

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-03 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/03/2011 04:27 PM, Brian wrote: On Sun 03 Jul 2011 at 16:06:24 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: On 07/02/2011 04:04 AM, Claudius Hubig wrote: I don't think he did. :) Paul Scott wrote: On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 15:19:21 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: 1024x7

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Jul 2011 at 16:06:24 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 07/02/2011 04:04 AM, Claudius Hubig wrote: I don't think he did. :) >> Paul Scott wrote: >>> On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 15:19:21 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > 1024x768 60.0* >

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-03 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/02/2011 04:04 AM, Claudius Hubig wrote: Paul Scott wrote: On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 15:19:21 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: 1024x768 60.0* 800x60060.3 56.2 848x48060.0 640x48059.9 My LCD monitor's native re

Re: monitor detection maybe not working - another try

2011-07-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Jul 2011 at 00:17:16 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > I believe that if my monitor info were being read correctly I would have > no problem with monitor resolution. Is is possible that I just need to > file a bug against read-edid? More likely the bug would be in the kernel but I'm no ex

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:39:50 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 07/02/2011 12:23 PM, Paul Scott wrote: >> On 07/02/2011 02:05 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> Also, better if you upload your full "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" somewhere, >> >> I will do that soon but I believe it will show you that read-edid is

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:23:34 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 07/02/2011 02:05 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: >> >>> I'm running sid. >>> >>> My monitor stopped going to the correct resolution some upgrades ago. >>> I have an >>> >>> nVidia Corporation N

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-03 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jul 2011 at 10:44:51 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > I wasn't sure whether you were giving me an example or the exact line I > needed. The above gives: > > X Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does not exist) > Major opcode of failed request: 150 (RANDR) > Minor op

Re: monitor detection maybe not working - another try

2011-07-03 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/01/2011 01:22 PM, Paul Scott wrote: Hi, I'm running sid. My monitor stopped going to the correct resolution some upgrades ago. I have an nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3). I'm researching many things from this list etc. to attempt to solve the problem but o

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/02/2011 12:23 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 07/02/2011 02:05 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: I'm running sid. My monitor stopped going to the correct resolution some upgrades ago. I have an nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/02/2011 11:58 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 02 Jul 2011 at 11:01:52 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: On 07/02/2011 07:40 AM, Brian wrote: There is a direct connection between the monitor and the video adapter? AFAIK It would be visually obvious. But the card doesn't do 1280x1024 or 1024x768. Why

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/02/2011 02:05 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: I'm running sid. My monitor stopped going to the correct resolution some upgrades ago. I have an nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3). Which VGA driver are you using? Whate

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jul 2011 at 11:01:52 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 07/02/2011 07:40 AM, Brian wrote: >> >> There is a direct connection between the monitor and the video >> adapter? > > AFAIK It would be visually obvious. >> But the card doesn't do 1280x1024 or 1024x768. > > Why do you say that? From

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/02/2011 07:40 AM, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 20:47:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: xrandr believes VGA-1 is only capable of 1024x768. Why do you believe 1280x1024 is possible? 1. The monitor keeps telling me it works better at 1280x1024. Mine

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/02/2011 04:04 AM, Claudius Hubig wrote: Paul Scott wrote: On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 15:19:21 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: 1024x768 60.0* 800x60060.3 56.2 848x48060.0 640x48059.9 My LCD monitor's native re

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 20:47:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: >> >> xrandr believes VGA-1 is only capable of 1024x768. Why do you believe >> 1280x1024 is possible? > > 1. The monitor keeps telling me it works better at 1280x1024. Mine has a button to press which

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Claudius Hubig
Paul Scott wrote: >On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: >> On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 15:19:21 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: >>> 1024x768 60.0* >>> 800x60060.3 56.2 >>> 848x48060.0 >>> 640x48059.9 >>> My LCD monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024 >> xrandr

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:02 -0700 Paul Scott wrote: Hello Paul, > nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3). > > I'm researching many things from this list etc. to attempt to solve > the problem but one concern is that I don't think my monitor is being > detected correctly.

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > I'm running sid. > > My monitor stopped going to the correct resolution some upgrades ago. I > have an > > nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3). Which VGA driver are you using? Nvidia closed driver provides "nvidia

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/01/2011 03:46 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 15:19:21 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: VGA-1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x60060.3 56.2 848x48060.0 640x48059.9 My LCD monitor

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 15:19:21 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > VGA-1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > 0mm x 0mm >1024x768 60.0* >800x60060.3 56.2 >848x48060.0 >640x48059.9 > My LCD monitor's native resolution is 128

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-01 Thread lee
Paul Scott writes: > On 07/01/2011 02:25 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> Paul Scott wrote: >> xrandr >> >> output? Is your monitor correctly listed? What happens when you try > > (after stopping gdm3) I get "can't open display" You need to run xrandr in an X session. Have you tried to run nvidia

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 14:38:00 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On 07/01/2011 02:25 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> >> xrandr >> >> output? Is your monitor correctly listed? What happens when you try > > (after stopping gdm3) I get "can't open display" xrandr has to be run from within X. -- To UNSUBSC

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/01/2011 03:08 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote: Paul Scott wrote: (after stopping gdm3) I get "can't open display" Well, don’t stop gdm then and run these commands in a terminal (such as gnome-terminal or konsole or whatever desktop environment you are using). Also don’t use any sort of sudo or

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/01/2011 02:25 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote: Paul Scott wrote: Hi, I'm running sid. My monitor stopped going to the correct resolution some upgrades ago. I have an nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3). I'm researching many things from this list etc. to attempt to so

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Scott
On 07/01/2011 01:50 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 13:22:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: TIA for any comments on this part of my display problem. People may welcome information on the video driver you are using. I mentioned the card from lspci. I am trying as many of the various nVidia

Re: monitor detection maybe not working

2011-07-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 13:22:02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > TIA for any comments on this part of my display problem. People may welcome information on the video driver you are using. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta