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Euphoric Nightmare

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From: Kentucky

Registered: 2005-05-02

Posts: 283

[xorg7 upgrade] Annoying wm size

Just since I upgraded to x.org7, in both flux and ion3, my screen is way too tall.  I have to scroll up and down to view the bottom of the screen, or to see the taskbar.  It is really annoying.

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: [xorg7 upgrade] Annoying wm size

What graphic driver do you use? Try adding
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
in your Module section. It will auto-probe your monir to get the right resolution. Posting your xorg.conf might also help.

Euphoric Nightmare

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From: Kentucky

Registered: 2005-05-02

Posts: 283

Re: [xorg7 upgrade] Annoying wm size

Here it is:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "DDC"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        #DisplaySize      180   110     # mm
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "EPI"
        ModelName    "AOC D556"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 #      HorizSync    30.0 - 54.0
 #      VertRefresh  50.0 - 120.0
#       Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                    # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"                # <i>
        #Option     "FPScale"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPTweak"                   # <i>
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "nv"
        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
        BoardName   "NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]"
        BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

As you can see, i inserted the ddc stuff...and even commented out h/vsync for DDC, but still couldn't get it working.

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Cam

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From: Brisbane, Aus

Registered: 2004-12-21

Posts: 658

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Re: [xorg7 upgrade] Annoying wm size

I'm having some resolution problems since the move to Xorg7 but I haven't found a way to fix it. My solution was to write a shell script that changes the res and repositions all my startup apps accordingly and chuck it in ~/.xinitrc after a 5 second sleep

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: [xorg7 upgrade] Annoying wm size

There's a part missing in the xorg.conf that you posted: the modules, mouse, keyboard sections. Probably a copy&paste error. Maybe backup your current xorg.conf and try to regenerate it with, for example,  the newest hwd or  Xorg  -configure

I could post my xorg.conf (I use i810) if you want.

Euphoric Nightmare

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From: Kentucky

Registered: 2005-05-02

Posts: 283

Re: [xorg7 upgrade] Annoying wm size

...Sorry...edited.

But i think it would help if you posted yours

EDIT:  I did actually use Xorg -configure to generate that.  HWD has always given me problems on this machine, so i generally don't even try it.

EDIT PART II:  Actually since you suggested it, i decided to give hwd another try, and it worked flawlessly, and now I have a perfect screen.  Thanks for the advice

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

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Re: [xorg7 upgrade] Annoying wm size

Not sure if it's case sensitive, but maybe replacing
Load  "DDC"
by
Load  "ddc"
could work. Here's my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Xinerama Layout"
    Screen         "Screen0"
#        Screen         "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
#    Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "record"
        Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us,ca(fr)"
        Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shifts_toggle"
#    Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Synaptics Touchpad"
        Driver      "synaptics"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
        Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
        Option      "SendCoreEvents" "true"
        Option      "LeftEdge"      "1700"
        Option      "RightEdge"     "5400"
        Option      "TopEdge"       "1700"
        Option      "BottomEdge"    "4200"
        Option      "FingerLow"     "25"
        Option      "FingerHigh"    "30"
        Option      "MaxTapTime"    "180"
        Option      "MaxTapMove"    "220"
        Option      "VertScrollDelta" "50"
        Option      "MinSpeed"      "0.06"
        Option      "MaxSpeed"      "0.12"
        Option      "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
        Option      "SHMConfig"     "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
#    HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
    HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
#    VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
    DisplaySize  347 260
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "i810"
#    Driver      "vesa"
    VendorName  "All"
    BoardName   "All"
    VideoRam    65536
#    Option "CacheLines" "900"
#    Option "DDC" "false"
    Option "DevicePresence" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     1
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     4
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     8
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     16
        Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     32
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

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Re: [xorg7 upgrade] Annoying wm size

Just saw your edited post.
Glad it works