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: <> 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.
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