Debian Configuration :: Xorg Affects Console Resolution?
Nov 2, 2010
I've been scouring the internet for an answer to this problem. I am using Squeeze and have properly configured Grub2 to set my console screen resolution to 1024x768x32 (as per updating /etc/default/grub to contain 'GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x32' and updating /etc/grub.d/00_header to contain 'set gfxpayload=keep') and everything works wonderfully. My resolution is set as it should be. However upon installing Xorg (aptitude install xorg ratpoison), my console resolution gets changed to what appears to be 1280x1024.
I thought that this was due to xrandr, however when I issue:
# xrandr -s 1024x768
only the X resolution is changed. When I then CTRL-ALT-F1 back to the console, the resolution is still at 1280x1024 (I am aware that xrandr only affects X, but I assumed that because my console resolution was correct before installing X there might have been some correlation).
I would like for my console resolution to stay at 1024x768 as per Grub2's configuration and for X's resolution to be at 1280x1024.
PS I also noticed that prior to installing Xorg, my CPU boots up without any screen blanking (only for a second or so). However, after installing Xorg, during the boot process the screen does blank briefly. It is at that time that the resolution gets changed to the 1280x1024 setting.
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May 6, 2011
The resolution is OK in grub menu but after something is setting to higher value. How can i set it back to 640x480?
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Jul 6, 2011
I have setup a Sun Ultra 2 with Debian 6. It currently has dual 200MHz sparc I CPUs, 512MB RAM, and a Creator 3D 15MB video card. I have in the mail on its way to me dual 300MHz sparc II CPUs and enough RAM to max this thing out at 2GB. Anyway, I am currently having an issue configuring xorg.conf. The only resolution available to me is 1152x900 (which isnt even a supported resolution by my monitor), but Id like to use 1280x1024. I have tried for probably over a week now to no avail. I will paste my current xorg.conf file (the relevant parts), and please keep in mind that I have been messing with this file for a while so sorry if it looks bad.
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Mar 31, 2010
I clean installed xubuntu on an old laptop. I think I messed up the original configuration of xorg though because the highest resolution is 800x600.
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
or
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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Jan 27, 2011
I am using Debian Squeeze, I have GPU Nvidia GTX460. I have tried almost everything, but I am not able to have working console after X starts. Nouveau and nv drivers from xorg are not working ( they dont support gtx460 ), so I am using nvidia drivers from [URL]... version 260.19.36. I am using kernel 2.6.32-5-686.
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May 15, 2010
I installed a new pc with testing debian. It says that the Xorg cannot start due to resolution and ddc. But where is gone the xorg.conf? there is nothing into /etc/X11 no /usr/share/X11 ...? What happens to that file?
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Mar 24, 2010
i recently moved away from ubuntu (as they wouldn't let me change my gdm themes lol) i installed lenny usin the net install for ia86 but i cannot change my screen resolution from 1024x768 to my card/monitors native setting of 1366x768 i have included a .txt taken from the benchmark an profile gizmo which i hope rovide any of you with all the info needed (to be honest i don't understand half of it) my laptop is a fujitsu amilo li3710 with dual core, 3gb ram an 160gb hd an a intel gma4500 with shared memory graphics
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Jun 10, 2015
In vm workstation console resolution default is 640x480 ,and i want to change it to 1024x768.
In Debian7 , it can changed use vga=792 in /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
But in Debian8 use changed use vga=792 in /boot/grub/grub.cfg , screen will all black.
Although screen can't see anything , but it can connect through ssh normal.
I also tried GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768,GRUBGFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768 in /etc/default/grub , it get same Result.
I don't know the problem is at VM workstation or Debian 8.
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Jun 16, 2010
playing with debian I find that I have no answer when I try to resize my console if I wish to use it without a GUI. Are there something that could resize the screen ? In this moment it seems to be 640x480 and it could be better if the resolution could be 800x600. I have tryed to modified /etc/grub/00_header
if [ "x${GRUB_GFXMODE}" = "x" ] ; then GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600 ; fi
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Sep 16, 2010
I am running Lenny of a Dell Mini 10, using only the console. I want to get the resolution smaller that 80 on the horizontal axis, but I can't find the right setting for vga in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
Inserting various values makes the dell give me list of possible video modes at boot, but none of these are higher than 80xSomething. It offers VESA modes that are choosing these results in unreadably tiny text, and anyway I wouldn't know how to edit in order to make these mode take effect automatically.
Can anyone tell give me a value that works for vga on Dell Mini 10 that produces a smaller resolution that 80xSomething? If not, can someone suggests a different way to obtain the same result?
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May 3, 2015
I'm now working to install Debian 8 on another computer since yesterday. Another Linux, and as always, endless list of problems.
- A computer that was freezing at every installation attempt (but never at the same moment) during installation when the Broacom cardbus adapter was connected (it's a chance that it is easy to remove and I found it quickly... and it is working once installation is finished)
- Turning to sleep mode after 15 seconds if I don't quickly try to login
- BOINC receive no work
- Tray icons are here but invisible - no icons, just gray space
- xserver-xorg-video-savage is installed, but I have resolution problems, and weird glittering horizontal lines when the computer is working (as on my other PC with the SiS video card).
On Debian 7.8, it was working fine for having the 1024x768 native resolution of this laptop screen.
But, with debian 8, the max resolution is now "800x600" and with this screen, there is no smooth effect : the image is a disaster.
Here is "lspci -nn" :
Code: Select all00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. P/KN266 Host Bridge [1106:3156]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP] [1106:b091]
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller [1217:6972]
00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8026]
00:10.0 USB controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
[Code] ....
How to confirm that my Video card is included into xserver-xorg-video-savage package ? How do I know if the driver is loaded ? How to modify xorg confifugration files in this modern flavour of Linux in order to force adding the 1024x768 resolution ? I already succeed into /etc/default/grub and "update-grub" for the bootloader screen but I want it too in the desktop environment.
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Aug 17, 2011
I've created the file from new in /usr/share/X11 and then added to lines from GTF. I@ve restarted Xorg by killing the PID then restarting and I don't get this resolution unfortunately
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Jun 18, 2010
I installed debian 5 in a pc with a Intel 4 series VGA. The optimal resolution for the monitor is 1360x76, but the system does not allow that. I tried to change my xorg.conf, but got no success.In my xorg.conf I used this:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
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Feb 20, 2011
With the upgrade to Squeeze and the 2.6.32-5-686 kernel, my Dell GX260's 82845 video chip suffers from the documented intel driver bug (freezes within a few minutes). I tried to fall back to the vesa driver, but am only able to get 640x480 resolution. The monitor is an LG L1720P.
I turned off kernel mode setting (via /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf), and modified xorg.conf -- added Modeline entries (from gtf) and
additional Mode lines to try to force resolution. Relevant portions of xorg.conf, dmesg and Xorg.0.log are shown below.
xorg.conf:
Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "vesa"
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May 13, 2010
I am running kde 4.4 in virtualbox , but cannot create xorg.conf to get a correct resolution. X -configure = segfault. Older releases were fine - lenny, even ubuntu hardy / lucid.
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Sep 29, 2015
While trying to solve the problem indicated in another thread [URL] .... I realised that I do not have the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Also, if I enter the command Code: Select allsudo kate I get
Code: Select allcannot connect to X server :0
I tried logging in to another terminal (tty3) and entered
Code: Select allstartx
Kate opened normally with root permissions.
Currently I have a Nvidia card but I am using nouveau drivers.
My question is: installing the Nvidia drivers (following the guide in [URL] .....) would fix these Xorg issues?
I had troubles with nvidia drivers in other distros....
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Jan 18, 2011
I'm trying to get the latest Lenny running on some old hardware (a Winterm 3150se). Everything is working just fine except for two things.
When Gnome starts, it comes up at 1600x1200 resolution, which is too high for my monitor. It shows a portion of the right side of the display, If I select Screen Resolution, it gives me a few standard choices, but if I pick one, it acts like it's trying to honor my request, then comes back as 1600x1200 again.
My xorg.conf file had no references to Modeline, so I added a 1024x768 Modeline, not really understanding where the selection I was given was coming from. Anyway, it didn't help.
I can see in the log file that right after the entry about using xorg.conf, it says 'Module "ddc" already built-in', which must have something to do with it?
My hardware supports all the usual video formats, at least it does when it's running WinCE. Is there a way to force the use of xorg.conf or can someone tell me why DDC is acting like it's "read only"? Is DDC a file somewhere?
My other problem is that the Winterm refuses to not try to boot from the flash memory thumbdrive even though it's formatted as a non-bootable device - it's my SSDisk. I have to boot without the drive in, then slip in in just as the boot process exits the blue start screen. I can live with this problem, since it might be dumb hardware.
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Apr 12, 2011
I just system-upgraded (testing) to kernel 2.6.38. All seems ok, except that a few things I added to xorg.conf in the past (basically, keyboard language switch) have no effect anymore. My xorg.conf is still there, it is still the same as before, but the changes I did in XkbdLayout section have no effect. It seems xorg.conf is not used anymore. I assume new version of xorg uses a different configuration file, but I'm not sure.
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Feb 13, 2011
I know that in an xterminal I can redefine the default colour with something like
!!red
URxvt.color1: rgb:cc/00/00
URxvt.color9: rgb:ef/29/29
Is it possible to do something similar in the Linux (framebuffer) console?
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Aug 24, 2011
I would like to put an image in the background of my console (tty) like done by Gentoo or Suse : I found several tracks to follow, but I would like to have your advice on the best way to do that for Debian.
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Nov 13, 2010
I'm trying Debian again just for fun after using Slackware for years. When I "su -" on Konsole in Debian I get this for my prompt:
Code:
darksaurian@darkswamp:~$ su -
Password:
darkswamp:~#
darkswamp is my hostname that I made up when I installed. On Slackware I'm used to it saying:
root@darkswamp
or something like that.
I'm starting Konsole the same way on both:
konsole -e $SHELL -l
I kind of wish it still said "root" just because I'm used to it.
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May 5, 2010
I tried to inactivate my touchpad during typing in order to avoid the curser jumping all the time due to accicentally hitting the pad.
The touchpad however worked from intallation on,without problems. Even two finger scrolling is supported perfectly. All attempts that I found in searching the internet rely on changes in the xorg.conf. I found out that it is quite normal to not have this file with debian squeeze, however I didn't find a solution how to change the configurations without it.
$ syndaemon -d -k
gives
> Unable to find a synaptics device
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May 27, 2010
From aptitude log
[UPGRADE] acpi 1.5-1 -> 1.5-2
[UPGRADE] acpid 1:2.0.4-1 -> 1:2.0.5-1
[UPGRADE] cron 3.0pl1-110 -> 3.0pl1-111
[UPGRADE] initscripts 2.87dsf-10 -> 2.88dsf-5
[UPGRADE] libavcodec52 5:0.5.1+svn20100427-0.0 -> 5:0.5.1+svn20100512-0.1
[UPGRADE] libavformat52 5:0.5.1+svn20100427-0.0 -> 5:0.5.1+svn20100512-0.1
[UPGRADE] libavutil50 5:0.5.1+svn20100427-0.0 -> 5:0.5.1+svn20100512-0.1
[UPGRADE] libcue1 1.3.0-1 -> 1.4.0-1
[UPGRADE] libpostproc51 5:0.5.1+svn20100427-0.0 -> 5:0.5.1+svn20100512-0.1
[UPGRADE] libswscale0 5:0.5.1+svn20100427-0.0 -> 5:0.5.1+svn20100512-0.1
[UPGRADE] sysv-rc 2.87dsf-10 -> 2.88dsf-5
[UPGRADE] sysvinit 2.87dsf-10 -> 2.88dsf-5
[UPGRADE] sysvinit-utils 2.87dsf-10 -> 2.88dsf-5
[UPGRADE] xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1:2.3.0-2 -> 1:2.3.0-3
I start my box from startx but after getting these updates, x tries to start, I see a mouse and a screen for a second and then it drops out again. I'm running the latest nvidia drivers from nvidia and have tried reinstalling them and they install fine, but no go.
Only thing I can find in xorg.log is:
(II) Power Button: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Power Button: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Logitech Logitech BT Mini-Receiver: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Logitech Logitech BT Mini-Receiver: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) MLK wireless combo set: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) MLK wireless combo set: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
My xorg.conf file is void of anything related to input devices and has been working a treat. So it would seem one of these updates has screwed evdev. I've tried reverting back to earlier versions, but I get the same issues. I was running squeeze with kernel 2.6.32-4-amd64 when all this happened. It was running like a trooper. I've now tried 2.6.32-5-amd64 but still no go.
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Aug 1, 2010
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(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
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Apr 9, 2010
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Jan 23, 2011
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Sep 4, 2011
Reinstalled Debian Squeeze (64bit/gnome) on my Notebook using Netinstall. Everything worked like always but in the setup instead of typing in a root password as asked to i just pressed enter (in the hope of not having to type in a pw in the console later, just having to press enter then)
When i needed rootpw to install some software (using SoftwareDownloader) the normal loginpw seemed to work, but not in the console.
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su: Authentication failure
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