Resolution stuck at 800X600 in Fluxbox

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 11:11:46

When I first started using Linux, I was an Ubuntu user. I have wanted to dwell into other distros for quite a while now and I took that leap today, starting with Arch. Everything went fine, except for the resolution. I can't seem to get it to the maximum resolution for my screen, which is 1024 x 768.

I've edited my xorg.conf file over and over again, but nothing..I was rather good at fixing these problems in Ubuntu..But not here..I've tried xrandr, it only lists 800x600 and 640x480. So far, I like arch and fluxbox...But this resolution problem is really bugging me..If anyone could point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated. ^^

12eason · 2010-07-29 11:15:18

what is the output from xrandr?

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 11:19:18

[panda@jeffrey ~]$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
800x600 61.0*
640x480 60.0

Thanks for the reply

scarletxfi · 2010-07-29 11:27:33

could you show the output of

$ lspci | grep VGA

?

also what window manager (if any) are you using?

if you are not using a windows manager , have you added a vga=### in menu.lst? (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#GRUB)

karol · 2010-07-29 11:29:27

Post the output of

pacman -Qs ^xf86-video

What's you graphic card, are you using KMS?
Is your system fully updated?

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12eason · 2010-07-29 11:33:48

try;

xrandr --newmode "1024x768_59.95"   63.25  1024 1072 1176 1328  768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode default "1024x768_59.95"
xrandr --output default --mode "1024x768_59.95"

You'd be better off using kms capable driver though. What graphics card are you using?

12eason · 2010-07-29 11:34:59

karol wrote:

are you using KMS?

Don' think he's using kms because xrandr would read as VGA-1 or DVI-1 etc instead of just default.

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 11:35:00

@scarlet

[panda@jeffrey ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]

My window manager is fluxbox. (I assume that's what you mean, if not please explain)

@karol

[panda@jeffrey ~]$ pacman -Qs ^xf86-video
local/xf86-video-vesa 2.3.0-2 (xorg xorg-video-drivers)
X.org vesa video driver

I am not entirely sure how to figure out what my graphics card is..If you tell me the terminal command, I will show the output of it

As for it being fully updated, I assume it is. I did a netinstall earlier today, thus every package should be the newest version, I think.

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 11:36:04

@12eason

[panda@jeffrey ~]$ xrandr --newmode "1024x768_59.95" 63.25 1024 1072 1176 1328 768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
[panda@jeffrey ~]$ xrandr --addmode default "1024x768_59.95"
[panda@jeffrey ~]$ xrandr --output default --mode "1024x768_59.95"
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 800x600 (desired size 1024x768)
[panda@jeffrey ~]$

scarletxfi · 2010-07-29 11:40:49

You have an onboard graphics card (S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266])

as you have a Savage card, you might want to install savage-mri http://svn.archlinux.org/packages/extra … avage-dri/

EDIT: Follow Mr.Elendig advice and use the drivers he suggested.
( i would uninstall the vesa drivers first, and then install these )

Last edited by scarletxfi (2010-07-29 11:44:28)

Mr.Elendig · 2010-07-29 11:40:51

You are using the wrong driver for the card. You should probably be using xf86-video-s3 instead.

12eason · 2010-07-29 11:45:10

P sure you need to install s3 drivers, and then create a new xorg.conf;

pacman -S xf86-video-s3
X -configure
mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 12:00:18

After installing the s3 drivers and trying to configure X, it tells me that no devices were found and I can't start up X. >.>

scarletxfi · 2010-07-29 12:05:24

you followed all the steps here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#Step_2:_Install_X ?

also could you please post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 12:13:38

I am quite sure I followed it correctly. I reinstalled the vesa driver to see if it would work with it and it did.

By posting that log, what exactly do you mean? O.o

karol · 2010-07-29 12:17:22

> By posting that log, what exactly do you mean? O.o
Copy that file to http://pastebin.com/ and post the link you will get after submitting the file to pastebin here.

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SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 12:23:40

http://pastebin.com/cH58SBgJ

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 12:47:12

Just a small update. I believe I managed to get my driver to xf86-video-savage and it gave me more options, but still not the one I need..

[panda@jeffrey ~]$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
800x600 60.0* 56.0
640x480 60.0
400x300 60.0 56.0
320x240 60.0

[panda@jeffrey ~]$ pacman -Qs ^xf86-video
local/xf86-video-savage 2.3.1-3 (xorg-video-drivers)
X.org savage video driver

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 13:02:32

Bleh. Rebooted, got a vesa related error "couldn't load module vesa" or something, so I reinstalled the vesa driver, started up X and lost the two extra modes, but didn't gain the larger one. >.<

Anyone else have suggestions?

12eason · 2010-07-29 13:03:33

post the contents of your xorg.conf to pastebin. needs to be configured to use the driver properly.

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 13:07:48

http://pastebin.com/DC4B6935

There's my xorg.conf.

SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 13:10:28

[panda@jeffrey ~]$ pacman -Qs ^xf86-video
local/xf86-video-savage 2.3.1-3 (xorg-video-drivers)
X.org savage video driver
local/xf86-video-vesa 2.3.0-2 (xorg xorg-video-drivers)
X.org vesa video driver

There's that output again :s

karol · 2010-07-29 13:12:07

Let's see: with vesa it's working but you get 800x600, and neither s3 nor savage drivers help?

Is KMS enabled? (Does this card support KMS?)

zgrep -i kms /proc/config.gz

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SmokeyThePanda · 2010-07-29 13:13:24

Nope. When I have only s3 or savage installed, X -configure and Xorg -configure won't run and I can't start X.

karol · 2010-07-29 13:14:22

SmokeyThePanda wrote:

Nope. When I have only s3 or savage installed, X -configure and Xorg -configure won't run and I can't start X.

Run

zgrep -i kms /proc/config.gz

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