Multiple resolutions don't work after edgy install

[NoOp]

On 02/16/2007 07:08 AM who is this? ը, Chuck Peters wrote:
> This issue is important for Kathy since she has really bad eyesight
> and has gotten used to extra desktop space.
> I just installed edgy for my friend Kathy and now her multiple
> resolutions don't work. ie. Cntrl-Alt-+/- doesn't do anything.  The
> X.org log shows it other validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "1280x1024"
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "1024x768"
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "800x600"
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "640x480"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
> 
> I tried using the same xorg.conf that worked for her breezy setup as
> well as the new one done by dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.  How do I
> fix this one?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Chuck
> 

This may sound a little basic, but can you change resolutions from the
GUI (System|Preferences|Screen Resolution)? I ask because Ctl_Alt_+/-
probably won't work if you can't change resolutions from there.

If you _cannot_ change from the GUI; you might want to get the H/V sync
for your particular monitor and manually put it in the xorg.conf file.
Example:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"CM641"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	31-95 <== manually inserted by me
	VertRefresh	50-130 <== manually inserted by me
EndSection

If you don't know what the proper settings are, try Google'ing for your
particular monitor (linux +monitorname). You'd be looking for a list
something like this:

<http://ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/lycoris/build46/live/usr/share/hwdata/Monitors.new>
[http://preview.tinyurl.com/2mardu]

If you can change in the GUI already then I don't know what else to
suggest. Ctl_Alt_+/- works just fine on all my Dapper systems.