Screen Aspect Ratio
Debian 6.0.5 64 bit/KDE 4.4.5
As a result of my stupidity in attempting to modify the screen drivers I have managed to change my display into something really ugly. The aspect ratio is off and the number of available fonts is really limited. (I also have OpenSUSE 12.2 on another HD and the screen is normal, leading me to conclude that the problem lies in Debian) I have switched to Debian and am wondering what display utilities are available? Google hasn't been on any help Thanks in advance. -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 506C93C5.8050908@sbcglobal.net">http://lists.debian.org/506C93C5.8050908@sbcglobal.net |
Screen Aspect Ratio
Good time of the day, Stephen.
You wrote: > As a result of my stupidity in attempting to modify the screen > drivers I have managed to change my display into something really > ugly. > > The aspect ratio is off and the number of available fonts is really > limited. (I also have OpenSUSE 12.2 on another HD and the screen is > normal, leading me to conclude that the problem lies in Debian) > > I have switched to Debian and am wondering what display utilities are > available? Google hasn't been on any help If You did some config. modifications by a normal user, then You can simply move all the user's home dir. content to another place and then relogin. If did that under root user, then You have to reconfigure those services, for example by simple removal of the config.s to safe place and restart the service, OR using debian package reconfigurator, or download from Internet its options OR reinstall the package having purged it previously. Sthu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 506d622d.071b700a.20dd.ffff85c6@mx.google.com">htt p://lists.debian.org/506d622d.071b700a.20dd.ffff85c6@mx.google.com |
Screen Aspect Ratio
On 10/04/2012 06:17 AM, Sthu Deus wrote:
Good time of the day, Stephen. You wrote: As a result of my stupidity in attempting to modify the screen drivers I have managed to change my display into something really ugly. The aspect ratio is off and the number of available fonts is really limited. (I also have OpenSUSE 12.2 on another HD and the screen is normal, leading me to conclude that the problem lies in Debian) I have switched to Debian and am wondering what display utilities are available? Google hasn't been on any help If You did some config. modifications by a normal user, then You can simply move all the user's home dir. content to another place and then relogin. If did that under root user, then You have to reconfigure those services, for example by simple removal of the config.s to safe place and restart the service, OR using debian package reconfigurator, or download from Internet its options OR reinstall the package having purged it previously. Sthu. I think that I have located the problem. The monitor resolution is set at 1280x1024 by Debian. Also there are only four solutions listed in System Settings/Size and Orientation. I have an OpenSUSE 12.2 installatopn on another hadr drive in the systen and it's resolution is 1680x1050 with eleven additional different resolutions. I had a screen resolution of 1680x1024 for the Debian desktop before I started trying to change the dcreen drivers. That's what I would like to get back, but don't have any idea how to accomplish this. I did look at the Synaptic Package Manager logs and removed the mistakes that I made and reinstalled the packages I'd removed, but that didn't correct the problem. I would assume that there may be a configuration file lurking somewhere that has to be edited, but I am leery of making any changes, as I clearly don't know what I'm doing. Any assistance will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 50719597.4080605@sbcglobal.net">http://lists.debian.org/50719597.4080605@sbcglobal.net |
Screen Aspect Ratio
On 04/10/12 06:17 AM, Sthu Deus wrote:
Good time of the day, Stephen. You wrote: As a result of my stupidity in attempting to modify the screen drivers I have managed to change my display into something really ugly. The aspect ratio is off and the number of available fonts is really limited. (I also have OpenSUSE 12.2 on another HD and the screen is normal, leading me to conclude that the problem lies in Debian) I have switched to Debian and am wondering what display utilities are available? Google hasn't been on any help If You did some config. modifications by a normal user, then You can simply move all the user's home dir. content to another place and then relogin. If did that under root user, then You have to reconfigure those services, for example by simple removal of the config.s to safe place and restart the service, OR using debian package reconfigurator, or download from Internet its options OR reinstall the package having purged it previously. Sthu. The main X configuration file is /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If you rename this, Debian/X will try to detect your display and adapter. You can also boot to a root prompt and try X -configure to produce an xorg.conf file to experiment with. If you are using proprietary drivers, they each have a configuration utility that should help. Sthu's suggestion of using the purge option with apt-get/aptitude is also worth trying. And there's the kernel mode setting driver to consider. If it's not set properly, you can get into all kinds of problems. You will also find a /etc/X11/fonts directory that may have been screwed up. If so, you could try renaming it then re-installing X. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 50719DD0.7050502@rogers.com">http://lists.debian.org/50719DD0.7050502@rogers.com |
Screen Aspect Ratio
On 10/07/2012 11:58 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
On 10/07/2012 11:20 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 04/10/12 06:17 AM, Sthu Deus wrote: Good time of the day, Stephen. You wrote: As a result of my stupidity in attempting to modify the screen drivers I have managed to change my display into something really ugly. The aspect ratio is off and the number of available fonts is really limited. (I also have OpenSUSE 12.2 on another HD and the screen is normal, leading me to conclude that the problem lies in Debian) I have switched to Debian and am wondering what display utilities are available? Google hasn't been on any help If You did some config. modifications by a normal user, then You can simply move all the user's home dir. content to another place and then relogin. If did that under root user, then You have to reconfigure those services, for example by simple removal of the config.s to safe place and restart the service, OR using debian package reconfigurator, or download from Internet its options OR reinstall the package having purged it previously. Sthu. The main X configuration file is /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If you rename this, Debian/X will try to detect your display and adapter. You can also boot to a root prompt and try X -configure to produce an xorg.conf file to experiment with. If you are using proprietary drivers, they each have a configuration utility that should help. Sthu's suggestion of using the purge option with apt-get/aptitude is also worth trying. And there's the kernel mode setting driver to consider. If it's not set properly, you can get into all kinds of problems. You will also find a /etc/X11/fonts directory that may have been screwed up. If so, you could try renaming it then re-installing X. Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate it. There is no xorg.conf filer on the system. I opened a cosole as root and got: computation@debian:~$ su Password: root@debian:/home/computation# X -configure Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please advise. Again, thanks in advance. I wrote the above as little too fast. I just logged on to Debian as root and ran X -configure. Hereis the result: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" FontPath "built-ins" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "dri2" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "record" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 470 300 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "CMO" ModelName "CMC 22 W" HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] #Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>] #Option "Rotate" # [<str>] #Option "VideoKey" # <i> #Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>] #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>] #Option "CrtcNumber" # <i> #Option "FPScale" # [<bool>] #Option "FPTweak" # <i> #Option "DualHead" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)]" BusID "PCI:6:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection What do I do now? -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 5071AA28.7060809@sbcglobal.net">http://lists.debian.org/5071AA28.7060809@sbcglobal.net |
Screen Aspect Ratio
Good time of the day, Stephen.
You wrote: > I think that I have located the problem. The monitor resolution is > set at 1280x1024 by Debian. Also there are only four solutions > listed in System Settings/Size and Orientation. > > I have an OpenSUSE 12.2 installatopn on another hadr drive in the > systen and it's resolution is 1680x1050 with eleven additional > different resolutions. If You want to play w/ resolutions, then try xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050 Here You can change VGA w/ LVDS - if it be a laptop. or using xorg.conf (first generate one for Your system, then adjust line Modes in something similar): Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1680x1050" EndSubSection EndSection Sthu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 5071c647.e257700a.1027.0408@mx.google.com">http://lists.debian.org/5071c647.e257700a.1027.0408@mx.google.com |
Screen Aspect Ratio
On 07/10/12 12:13 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
On 10/07/2012 11:58 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 10/07/2012 11:20 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 04/10/12 06:17 AM, Sthu Deus wrote: Good time of the day, Stephen. You wrote: As a result of my stupidity in attempting to modify the screen drivers I have managed to change my display into something really ugly. The aspect ratio is off and the number of available fonts is really limited. (I also have OpenSUSE 12.2 on another HD and the screen is normal, leading me to conclude that the problem lies in Debian) I have switched to Debian and am wondering what display utilities are available? Google hasn't been on any help If You did some config. modifications by a normal user, then You can simply move all the user's home dir. content to another place and then relogin. If did that under root user, then You have to reconfigure those services, for example by simple removal of the config.s to safe place and restart the service, OR using debian package reconfigurator, or download from Internet its options OR reinstall the package having purged it previously. Sthu. The main X configuration file is /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If you rename this, Debian/X will try to detect your display and adapter. You can also boot to a root prompt and try X -configure to produce an xorg.conf file to experiment with. If you are using proprietary drivers, they each have a configuration utility that should help. Sthu's suggestion of using the purge option with apt-get/aptitude is also worth trying. And there's the kernel mode setting driver to consider. If it's not set properly, you can get into all kinds of problems. You will also find a /etc/X11/fonts directory that may have been screwed up. If so, you could try renaming it then re-installing X. Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate it. There is no xorg.conf filer on the system. I opened a cosole as root and got: computation@debian:~$ su Password: root@debian:/home/computation# X -configure Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please advise. Again, thanks in advance. I wrote the above as little too fast. I just logged on to Debian as root and ran X -configure. Hereis the result: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" FontPath "built-ins" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "dri2" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "record" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 470 300 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "CMO" ModelName "CMC 22 W" HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] #Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>] #Option "Rotate" # [<str>] #Option "VideoKey" # <i> #Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>] #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>] #Option "CrtcNumber" # <i> #Option "FPScale" # [<bool>] #Option "FPTweak" # <i> #Option "DualHead" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)]" BusID "PCI:6:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection What do I do now? Copy the file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf then modify any sections that aren't correct. The "monitor" section refresh rates can be an issue with CRTs. Also, in the "screen" "Display" subsection, you may need to add "Modes" - include the resolutions that are important. Again this usually applies to CRTs but it is also an issue if your kernel mode setting driver isn't set up properly. If you have a working KMS driver, you shouldn't need any of this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: 5071CA7B.7060404@rogers.com">http://lists.debian.org/5071CA7B.7060404@rogers.com |
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