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On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:29:39 +0100 Brad Rogers wrote: > Hello All, > > Using laptop currently...... > > I've just built a new Debian (testing) based system which, as can be > guessed from the subject line fails to go into graphical mode. > > xorg.conf is empty, and monitor complains of out of range signals > (fair enough). Running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails to ask > any video related questions, adding -phigh produces complaints about > --print-installation-architecture being an obsolete option and to use > --print-architecture instead. Neither of which are dpkg-reconfigure > options, AFAICT. > > Running dexconf simply produces sections like this; > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > EndSection > > So, I'm stuck. Video chipset is NVidia GeForce 8300 and monitor is LG > W2042S with specs; > > Horiz 28 - 83 kHz > Vert 56 -75 Hz > Screen res 1680 x 1050 is optimum, according to the manual. > > > I tried Googling for settings to go in the relevant sections of > xorg.conf, but quickly discovered I knew nowhere near enough to be > able to debug errors. > > I did get some advice from the Debian ML, but the results were not > favourable. The file produced by running Xorg -config didn't improve > matters, sadly. Plugging in Sync & Refresh rates into "Device" and > "Monitor" sections didn't improve matters, either. > > > Any help getting X up and running will be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Brad. Hi Brad, I have found that Knoppix's auto-config tool is pretty good at getting the settings right. On the odd occasion that I have fallen into a similar trap as yourself, I have booted-up Knoppix (or a Knoppix derivative) and copied the Knoppix-generated xorg.conf. It hasn't *always* worked, but it seems to work well enough a lot of the time. Of course, once you have a working xorg.conf, you can tweak it... so long as you make backups! Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html