xf86-video-geode: unable to use non-default resolutions with GX2 on XFCE
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-geode (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Hi, just installed 8.04 Xubuntu -- running Xfce -- my machine is a DECTOP -- it supports screen resolutions up to 1600x1200 -- I am using a 1280x1024 screen, but the install was not able to discern that higher than 800x600 was available and is using the default in the display preferences and doesnt give me any higher resolutions I can pick. Tried changing xorg.conf -- no luck, also tried menu.lst (ok during boot) switches back to 800x600 when the splash screen comes up.
I had previously installed 6.06 LTS from the ALT disk and it worked just fine at 1280x1024.
[lspci]
00:01.1 VGA compatible controller [0300]: National Semiconductor Corporation Geode GX2 Graphics Processor [100b:0030]
Subsystem: National Semiconductor Corporation Geode GX2 Graphics Processor [100b:0030]
Hi Stephen
Can you tell us more about your graphics card, drivers (proprietary or free, if you have an ATI or NVidia graphics card), and monitor?
You may also want to try doing 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver- xorg'-- follow through the prompts to give it another shot at detecting your monitor. You'll need to restart to see the effect (technically just restart X, but it's probably easiest to restart entirely).