Still trying to get to 1680x1050 WAS: Upgrade to 8.04 stuck in 800x600

[Frank McCormick]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Frank McCormick wrote:
> 
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>> Frank McCormick wrote:
>>>
>>>>    Back at it today....I have managed to get the LCD's native resolution
>>>> 1680x1050 available...but the task bar slips below the bottom and I have
>>>> to mouse down to force it back up. Simply put the screen at 1680x1050 is
>>>> too big for the monitor. How do I get around this ???
>>> Then either, your screen isn't 1680x1050, or X hasn't actually selected
>>> 1680x1050.  You really can't _be_ at 1680x1050 and yet not have all 1050
>>> pixels available.
>>>
>>> Try:
>>> # grep 1680 /var/log/Xorg.0.log | egrep "^\("
>>>
>>> For mine, using a width of 1280 (and dual screens), I see these lines
>>> amongs others:
>>>
>>> (II) I810(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0   71.00  1280 1328 1360 1440  800
>>> 803 809 823 -hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz)
>>> (--) I810(0): Virtual size is 1280x800 (pitch 2048)
>>> (**) I810(0): *Built-in mode "1280x800"
>>> (II) I810(1): Not using mode "1280x960 at 60" (no mode of this name)
>>> (--) I810(1): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280)
>>> (**) I810(1): *Built-in mode "1280x1024 at 60"
>>> (II) I810(1): Attempting to use 60.02Hz refresh for mode "1280x1024 at 60"
>>> (858)
>>>
>>> So that says that we're using the two "built-in" modes, and that the
>>> virtual
>>> size matches them - and we're NOT using 1280x960.  I think you'll find
>>> that your virtual size is actually 1680x1260 (ie, 4:3) if your width
>>> really is 1680.
>> root at frank-desktop:/home/frank# xrandr
>> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1050
>> default connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right) 0mm x 0mm
>>    800x600        56.0
>>    1280x1024      75.0
>>    1024x768       75.0
>>    640x480        75.0
>>    1680x1050      56.0*
>> root at frank-desktop:/home/frank#
>>
>> However screen is huge and scrollable. A real PITA.
>>
>> This has got to be a bug in the i810 driver (which apparently replaced
>> the Intel driver. Hope Debian Sid doesn't go to it.
> 
> No it's not.  Why don't you just post what I asked for?  If your screen is
> scrolling, you're not getting 1680x1050 whatever you think xrandr says.



  Is this what you want ?

debian:/media/gutsy/var/log#  grep 1680 /var/log/Xorg.0.log | egrep "^\("
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  119.00  1680 1728 1760 1840
1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz)

(II) intel(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240
1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz)

(II) intel(0): Output VGA using initial mode 1680x1050
debian:/media/gutsy/var/log#


You mean......xrandr lies...and givm lies..and all te other utilities lie?