Hoary Xorg Screen Resolution Problems

[russell cook]

I found out what the problem is. Linux and X seem to require the monitor
to be on before I power the laptop. It doesn't matter if the lid is open
or closed, or if I have the laptop screen set to dual display or
external only, if I don't have the monitor on from cold boot I get a
649x480 viewport into the 1280x1024 screen no matter what. 

If I have the monitor on first, then I get a good 1280x1024 screen
irrespective of if I have the laptop on dual or external. This is not
wrong behaviour just different to windows and as I have a KVM I don't
always flick to that PC/laptop before I power on.

Hope this helps someone else.

On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 09:08 +1100, russell cook wrote:

> Below is my Xorg.conf. On my HP NC6000 laptop I can use the laptop
> screen at it's hardwired 1400x1050 resolution. When I connect my
> external monitor (that works at 1600x1200, 1400x1050 in windows, and
> 1600x1200 in Ubuntu when connected to one of my other PCs) it only
> displays a fixed 640x480 viewport into the 1400x1050 window size the
> laptop is using.
> 
> This is irrespective of whether I enable the internal LCD, the
> external monitor or both at boot up.  I'm running array 6 and have
> updated to all the latest packages with Synaptic.
> 
> I'm happy for the external monitor to only do 1400 or even 1280 (which
> is what my external monitor at work can do), but not a viewport at
> 640!!! 
> 
> Has anyone got any tips on how to solve this? 
> 
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
> using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual
> page.
> # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
> *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the
> xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
> updated
> # again, run the following commands:
> #
> #   cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
> #   sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum'
> #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> 
> Section "Files"
> FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
> # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>         # paths to defoma fonts
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "ddc"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "record"
> Load "type1"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "keyboard"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 9600 XT (RV350 AR)"
> Driver "ati"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "MEA 1995SL"
> Option "DPMS"
> HorizSync 30-75
> VertRefresh 50-85
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 9600 XT (RV350 AR)"
> Monitor "MEA 1995SL"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400"
> "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen "Default Screen"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
> 
> 


Kind Regards Russell
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