Resolution: X-config / KDE disconnect
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Yesterday, I purchased a Compaq Presario V23311US Notebook and quickly went home to repartition and install MEPIS.
Everything worked beautifully, all devices were detected, and I was ready to go. The only slump was that I was running in 1024 x 768 resolution. My monitor is a widescreen monitor and is capable of 1280 x 768 at 32-bit color.
Figuring this was not a major problem that I could fix later, I went straight to hard drive installation and then went here to look for an answer to my problem, and most methods have come up short.
First, I rebooted with the live CD and set my resolution with F3 to 1280 x 768. No luck. Textmode was fine and quite beautiful, but X continued to run at 1024 x 768.
Secondly, I read the excellent Monitor HOWTO on the forums, and started probing and editing my XF86Config file. The problem was it seemed that my config file was configured correctly! Here is the screen section of my file:
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Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
# Only the official NVIDIA driver supports twinview
# these setting are an example
Option "TwinView" "false"
Option "SecondMonitorVendorName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorModelName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-82"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-75"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp,dfp"
EndSection
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Still, when running KDE I continue to run in 1024x768. In kcontrol, under display, the drop down menu for resolutions displays 1024 x 768 as its maximum. All that being said, everything looks very wide and saddening 
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widescreen argh!
Posts: 2
Hi!
I've tried about 12,872,608.7 different suggestions to enjoy my Compaq v2311's native resolution of 1280x768. I can't bear to look at stretched out pictures any more.... The hardware is an ATI radeon Xpress 200m, Kernel 2.6.10 (tried 2.6.11) Tried many drivers, official ATI driver causes X not to start - citing no displays found... Tried commenting out modelines, tried changing XF86Config-4 as per other members' suggestions, no luck. Anyone else have any luck? My laptop uses an AMD Turion 64, and the strange part is that the boot splash displays at proper native resolution, as does the initial MEPIS login background. Once you log in, however the screen pops back down to 1024x768. Here is my XF86Config, any help would be, well, helpful:)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
#InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "Serial Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
# True type and type1 fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-xfree86-nonfree"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/java"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XKbOptions" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.06"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "Repeater" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Compaq"
ModelName "TFT5005 Flat Panel Monitor"
#Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 24.0-61.0
VertRefresh 56.0-75.0
#Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 #60Hz
#Modeline "800x600" 40.12 800 848 968 1056 600 601 605 628 #60Hz
#Modeline "1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
#Modeline "1024x768" 85 1024 1056 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
#ModeLine "1152x864" 65 1152 1168 1384 1480 864 865 875 985 Interlace
#Modeline "1152x864" 92 1152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895
#Modeline "1152x864" 110 1152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908
#Modeline "1152x864" 135 1152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908
#Modeline "1152x864" 137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 866 885 902 -HSync -VSync
#Modeline "1280x768" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795
#ModeLine "1280x800" 80.58 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827 -HSync -VSync
#Modeline "1280x1024" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
#Modeline "1280x1024" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
#Modeline "1280x1024" 126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync -VSync
#Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064
#Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064
#Modeline "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "1280x1024" 181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync -VSync
#Modeline "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "1400x1050" 129 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "1600x1200" 220 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087
#ModeLine "1800x1440" 230 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
#ModeLine "1800x1440" 250 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
#Modeline "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync
EndSection
Section "Device"
#Option "sw_cursor" # needed for some ati cards
#Option "hw_cursor"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "Rotate"
#Option "NoUseBios" # needed for some Savage cards
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
# nvidia special options, use with care
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "63"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
Option "NoLogo" "false"
Option "IgnoreEdid" "true" # needs to be true for some nvidia cards
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vesa"
BoardName "unknown"
#BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
# Only the official NVIDIA driver supports twinview
# these setting are an example
Option "TwinView" "false"
Option "SecondMonitorVendorName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorModelName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-82"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-75"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp,dfp"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
I believe your laptop uses
Posts: 472
I believe your laptop uses the ATI RADEON?? XPRESS 200M IGP video driver. You might change from 'vesa' to flgrx and see what happens.
See this: http://wiki.x.org/wiki/VideoDrivers
See this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com//BinaryDriverHowto
You may have to get the ati drivers. Not sure from where.
Al
FLGRX doesn't work...
Posts: 2
Hi!
When I install the flgrx driver, KDE cannot find any screens. I have to then insert the Mepis disk & reinstall X. When I try changing all the "1024x768" settings, the same thing happens. I get errors saying "no screens found" and "connection reset by peer." I do have the flgrx kernel installed (2.6.10) and i've tried updating (to 2.6.11) and then my synapics touch pad doesn't work. I'm completely puzzled. I've heard of people using a "radeon" driver, but I don't see that option.
Cheers,
n8
I first installed Suse 10
Posts: 1
I first installed Suse 10 on my 64-bit hp laptop and 1200x800 widescreen worked out of the box. It was beautiful. So if you want to just have something that works instead of becoming a Xorg guru -- give it a go.
Why I am here then, you ask? I drove myself crazy getting the wireless to work and decided to try some other distros (~30 others).
Still no luck on that front. The only distro that seems to do that part correctly is puppy linux. But alas, I couldn't get my display to work properly at anything greater than 1024x768.
X-config/KDE disconnect
Posts: 80
You state that the screen comes up in 1280x1024 during login but gets reset to 1024x768 when the KDE desktop is started. Does this happen even if you choose Gnome desktop?
One possibility is KDE display peripheral settings are set to apply 1024x768 on startup. Start KDE Control Center and look under Peripherals/Display. Uncheck the apply settings on KDE startup.
Wide Screen
Posts: 68
Someone reported (in another forum) that this worked for him:
Try commenting out all statements in your xf86config file that begin with "modeline". Just place a # at the beginning of the line. Reboot and see what happens. That supposedly will result in the native resolution of your notebook. Regards.