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Post #203,043
by folkert
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4/12/05 2:48:27 PM
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New Okay, here goes.
dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86 Answer questions. Make sure you use the nvidia module not the nv one

Make sure your monitor can display what you think it can.

I use the "Medium" way nearly always work better than advanced.

I select "1600x1200@85hz" as my monitor can do that.

My other at work does "1280x1024@75Hz"

Using that method, I have not been hampered by xrandr or any other resolution tool yet.

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Post #203,077
by hnick
4/12/05 6:04:39 PM
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New Cool. Thanks,
Post #203,086
by folkert
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4/12/05 6:43:55 PM
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New lemme know if it works... or was that confirmation it did?
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Post #203,122
by drewk
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4/13/05 12:07:09 AM
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New Trying it here, too
If I don't follow up in a few minutes, it didn't work.
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Post #203,152
by hnick
4/13/05 7:07:04 AM
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New Nope, no joy
I also noticed that the installation disk wouldn't go beyond 1024 x 786 either. It could be the machine. It is a Frankenstein creation that evolves rather than become replaced. It's quirky. When I put in the new video card (GeForce Ti4200) a while ago, Win2k would crash when it went into sleep mode so I had to disable that as well. In any event, I wiped it and put Ubuntu back and upgraded it to hoary which now has KDE. So I now have up to 1600 x 1200 although my eyes now like 1280 x 1024 better.
Now my only problem is updating grub manually when the kernel is updated (my machine thinks the SCSI drives are hd0 and hd1, and grub thinks they are hd2 and hd3). And I have to update my fstab by hand to get to data on my fat32 partitions, which is no biggie.

Thanks for the help. It is always appreciated.

Hugh
Post #203,153
by imric
4/13/05 7:10:59 AM
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New I prefer mine at 1024x768
But damn! That's annoying... :-P
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Post #203,158
by hnick
4/13/05 7:31:10 AM
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New A bit too crowded on my 19 inch screen
Although the text is a little easier to read at the lower resolution. Depends on how you like things layed out, I guess.
     How to get better resolution on Debian with Nvidia card? - (hnick) - (11) - April 12, 2005, 08:47:43 AM EDT
         I assume the KDE CC under peripherals - (imric) - April 12, 2005, 09:29:54 AM EDT
         dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 -NT - (pwhysall) - (9) - April 12, 2005, 10:02:24 AM EDT
             No joy so far - (hnick) - (8) - April 12, 2005, 11:08:06 AM EDT
                 Just had a thought - (imric) - April 12, 2005, 11:22:09 AM EDT
                 Okay, here goes. - (folkert) - (6) - April 12, 2005, 02:48:27 PM EDT
                     Cool. Thanks, -NT - (hnick) - (5) - April 12, 2005, 06:04:39 PM EDT
                         lemme know if it works... or was that confirmation it did? -NT - (folkert) - (4) - April 12, 2005, 06:43:55 PM EDT
                             Trying it here, too - (drewk) - April 13, 2005, 12:07:09 AM EDT
                             Nope, no joy - (hnick) - (2) - April 13, 2005, 07:07:04 AM EDT
                                 I prefer mine at 1024x768 - (imric) - (1) - April 13, 2005, 07:10:59 AM EDT
                                     A bit too crowded on my 19 inch screen - (hnick) - April 13, 2005, 07:31:10 AM EDT

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