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loserveg

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From: Pittsburgh, Pa

Registered: 2006-12-22

Posts: 45

Re: Messed up menu.lst

i dont know, if it were debian i would dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and it would be fine...

loserveg

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From: Pittsburgh, Pa

Registered: 2006-12-22

Posts: 45

Re: Messed up menu.lst

did you specify your specific monitor?

Thrillhouse

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From: Arlington, VA, USA

Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 175

Re: Messed up menu.lst

No.  hwd -x didn't ask any questions, it generated an xorg.conf on its own.

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loserveg

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From: Pittsburgh, Pa

Registered: 2006-12-22

Posts: 45

Re: Messed up menu.lst

no i mean through gnome, i think its through settings->display i dont know tho im a fluxbox user

Leigh

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From: USA

Registered: 2004-06-25

Posts: 533

Re: Messed up menu.lst

Hi, I'm glad to see your getting things sorted out!. Yea the problems sometimes seem never ending, but sorting them out hopefully makes us a little bit smarter  : )

I'm not sure I can help with your resolution problem since your configuration is a lot different than mine, but I did have similar troubles with a dell 2005 FPW. What helped me the most was googling my monitor along with keywords xorg.conf. Looking at example xorg.conf files that others had working was a huge help! Also my problem was complicated due to having three monitors to configure.
There are some working example xorg.conf files in the arch wiki at...
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … conf_Files
What I finally did with mine was I deleted all the mode lines except for the one with the resolution I wanted, and then experimented with it until I found a mode line that worked. Of course I became very familiar with the nano editor every time X didn't start! I always kept a backup xorg.conf file that would at least start X, so every time I screwed up I could open it with nano and save as xorg.conf to get X back up.

update, I just remembered... I think X will start without a xorg.conf file and will just use generic settings. It could be helpfull if you really botch things up like I did a few times : )

What is your exact monitor model?

Last edited by Leigh (2007-06-01 23:40:44)

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Thrillhouse

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From: Arlington, VA, USA

Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 175

Re: Messed up menu.lst

I don't see any way to configure the Display in Gnome.  I know you can do it in Fedora that way but I don't see an entry for it anywhere in System -> Preferences or System -> Administration.

My monitor is the Dell 2407wfp.  It's this one right here:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/prod … u=320-4335

I'll keep tinkering with the settings to see if I can't get one that works.

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Leigh

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From: USA

Registered: 2004-06-25

Posts: 533

Re: Messed up menu.lst

Those are nice monitors!, we use them at work. Here's a few links about your monitor and resolution that might help you.

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-39 … d0c7984c71

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Widescreen … rd_options

Heres a thread with people that seem to have had the same trouble as you and it looks like there was a solution found.....
http://www.nabble.com/xorg.conf-for-t42 … 78976.html

Last edited by Leigh (2007-06-02 02:50:56)

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Thrillhouse

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From: Arlington, VA, USA

Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 175

Re: Messed up menu.lst

Thanks for the links, Leigh.  I'm going to be away from the computer for a couple of days but I'll give it another go when I get back.

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Thrillhouse

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From: Arlington, VA, USA

Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 175

Re: Messed up menu.lst

Problem Solved.  Just got back to my computer today and started tweaking xorg.conf a little bit.  Changed the HorizSync and VertRefresh values from what I had to this:

HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0

Restared X and 1920x1200 resolution was automatically assigned.  I am very happy.  Thanks to everybody for their help.  I may be back here with more questions sooner than you think.

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loserveg

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From: Pittsburgh, Pa

Registered: 2006-12-22

Posts: 45

Re: Messed up menu.lst

glad you got it sorted out