F-18 display setting problem -

[Marko Vojinovic]

On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:24:57 -0500
"Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
> On 03/02/2013 01:40 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> > On 03/02/2013 04:24 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> >> If it was a clean install, you should send us the content
> >> of /var/log/Xorg.0.log file (it may be large, maybe put it in a
> >> pastebin or something). This file can tell all the details about
> >> what is going wrong with automatic resolution detection and EDID
> >> readout.
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/wlz2dm4fh2kizlp/Xorg.0.log?m
> https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Link%20to%20Xorg.0.log?w=AADYgwU3gh3ti2lRRfNIyt-Qp5lRHfpbHHBqk43X3qMHDQ

Ok, this is the relevant portion of the file:

[    31.968] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output VGA-0
[    31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA-0
[    31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024
1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[    31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840
968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[    31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824
896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[    31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0   33.75  848 864
976 1088  480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz e)
[    31.968] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656
752 800  480 489 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)

So the EDID is being read.

This readout can mean two things: either your monitor is reporting only
these resolutions as supported (and X chooses the highest one
available, 1024x768), or the radeon driver is probing only for these
resolutions (probably as a consequence of a config file).

So we need two more pieces of information: (1) the exact make and model
of your monitor, and possibly a link to its instruction manual or
technical specifications or similar (google is your friend), and (2)
the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory (the files should be
small, copy-paste them directly into the e-mail).

If your monitor is too old or has a broken EDID information, we'll
probably set up manual modelines for your desired resolution in the
config files. But first we should see the current configuration.

HTH, :-)
Marko