On 03/01/2013 09:49 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 03/01/2013 02:42 PM, g wrote:
> give this a try:
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cutting that out. sending full layout.
Well that's an improvement in that it works however I still
don't have
an option of selecting higher than 1024x768.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "ati"
I wonder if the ati driver is appropriate. The processor is an AMD A8
3850 and the GPU is apparently integral to it.
good question. i have no idea, but you can find out with command;
]$ lspci
which will list all of your pci hardware, among which will/should/may
be your graphics chip.
]$ lshw|less
will give you a complete hardware listing. "less" is because it is a
long listing and it will finish before you see what you want to. :)
The only thing I've found so far:
Integrated Graphics
* Type AMD Radeon HD 6550D
* Base Frequency 600 MHz
i was not familiar with the amd a8-3850 cpu/gpu. a quick search via
ixquick.com [i am thru with gobble and their tracking] to find out a
little more about the cpu/gpu chip. nothing to say how it appears.
amd now owns ati, so your driver ?should? be correct. or so i would
imagine, because i see no reason for things to be different.
here is the full listing of what i have in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file;
=+=+=
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "Monitor 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 81.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
Gamma 1.00 1.00 1.00 # created by KGamma
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "ati"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800"
"1280x768" \
"1280x720" "1152x864" "1152x768"
"1024x768" \
"832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
"640x400"
EndSubSection
EndSection
=+=+=
*note* my monitor is not maxed at 1280x1024, but i set it that way
because if i go higher, text/type gets too small to read.
i do not know if 'horzSynic' and 'vertRefresh' are necessary, but i put
them anyway.
what you may want/need to do is look up your monitor to see for sure what
it can do.
as for the "Screen" section, "Modes" are what my graphics card can
do.
i tend to believe that you will need to have capabilities listed. if
not listed, you may not get what you want.
something you might try is changing "1680x1050_60.00" to just
"1680x1050" to see what happens.
a few years/releases back, there was an "x" command that would read your
hardware and set up the xorg.conf file. i do not recall the name of it,
but i believe it has been pulled for reasons of determining setup with
another way. i do not recall 'new way', perhaps someone else reading
your thread may help on that.
later.
--
peace out.
tc.hago,
g
.
in a free world without fences, who needs gates.