How to Cure Fuzzy Xorg Display?

[Ed Sutherland]

baza wrote:

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>>>>>>> Try usr/bin/ xorgconfig. Are you running an Intel i810 chip?
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>>>>>>> Baza
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>>>>>> Yes, the i810. I also have enabled the 8MB video buffer, as I 
>>>>>> know that can be a problem. What is the difference between 
>>>>>> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and xorgconfig?
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>>>>>> Ed
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>>>>> I run a i810 chip on my Dell and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg 
>>>>> just gives me 640X480 in nasty fuzzy mode. xorgconfig, and a bit 
>>>>> of editing of xorg.conf, gives me 1280X1024 nice and crisp, though 
>>>>> it's running on con7 for some reason no one at Ubuntu seems able 
>>>>> to work out:)
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>>>> 'A bit of editing xorg.conf...' What sort of editing?
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>>>> Ed
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>>> I had to add a line so the scroll wheel on my mouse works, and 
>>> remove the 8bit mode line, uncomment the glx lines.
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>>> Baza
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>> I tried /usr/bin/X11/xorgconfig and it results in an error when GDM 
>> tries to start.
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>> Here are my attempts so far (all resulting in a fuzzy 640x480 display)
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>> 1. dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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>> a. set vid ram to 8000kb
>> b. chose 'advanced' display setup
>> c. chose 'medium' setup
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>> There must be one item I'm missing, because I did have a clear, crisp 
>> display the last time I installed Ubuntu (Warty).
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>> Ed
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> It's a Hoary problem. Warty works fine with the Intel chipset, that's 
> beause Warty uses Xfree86, not xorg.
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> Baza
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What worked in the past was to install Warty, then upgrade to Hoary, 
which brought in xorg. The only different between the installation I had 
then and the Hoary now, was that the Hoary I was using wasn't the 
'stable' release, but simple the daily upgrades.

Ed