Resolution not correct after install on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop

[Etienne Goyer]

The resolution is not correct after install on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop. It
is currently 640x480, should be 1024x768. It seem to be reported correctly by
DPMS (see attached X.org log), but the resolution is still 640x480 for some
reasons I can't figure out.

See attached X.org log and x.org original config file.

[Etienne Goyer (etienne-goyer-outlands)]

Created an attachment (id=4889)
X.org log

[Etienne Goyer (etienne-goyer-outlands)]

Created an attachment (id=4890)
original x.org file

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

does it work if you add:
HorizSync 36-52
VertRefresh 36-60

to the Monitor section of xorg.conf?

[Etienne Goyer (etienne-goyer-outlands)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> does it work if you add:
> HorizSync 36-52
> VertRefresh 36-60
>
> to the Monitor section of xorg.conf?

It work wonderfully !

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

okay, thanks

[John C Barstow (jbowtie)]

Fix doesn't seem to be 100%; latest testing with Flight 3 has wrong HorizSync and resolution on install. Didn't write down the numbers but was something like 18-36.

Manually changing HorizSync to above numbers fixes it (also needed to list 1024x768 as a supported resolution, but I suspect that was defaulted based on the bad HorizSync numbers)

[Etienne Goyer (etienne-goyer-outlands)]

With Dapper, the problem manifest itself otherwise. Using the desktop live installation image, the system still boot with an incorrect resolution (640x480).

Then, when I try to launch the live installation from the Gnome desktop, the installer window spill out of the desktop and I can't see the buttons (see bug #51442).

[arty (spamtrap-paradise)]

Stuck on 640x480 during install.

Looked in xorg.conf and it had correctly detected my card as a geforce4 mmx.

I restarted x and my new resolution was 1280x1024.

So I went from the lowest possible resolution to the highest possible just by restarting x.

[Conrad Knauer (atheoi)]

Still broken using the Edgy Knot 3 Live CD, but the 36-52/36-60 fix still works too :)

[Conrad Knauer (atheoi)]

Basically a repeat of my previous comment; still broken using the Feisty Herd 2 Live CD, but the 36-52/36-60 fix still works too :)

[Conrad Knauer (atheoi)]

I guess this would be a regression...

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

I installed feisty beta (from the alternate install cd), and was stuck in a 720x400 resolution in X.
I then removed the two lines:

HorizSync 28-36
VertRefresh 43-60

After that I got the correct 1024x768 resolution.

[ph0nph0n (rockinfed)]

Hi,

I had roughly the same problem, but i'd like to add some details. I was stuck at 800x600, despite setting the resolution to 1024x768 in xorg.conf. Moreover, my mouse was going out of the screen on the left edge, and couldn't reach the right one. And it was the same story with the top and bottom edge. Therefore, to click on any icon, i had to click further on the left, and higher, which was like a guessing game (that's fun at first but quickly get boring!).
All those problems have been resolved by setting HorizSync and VertRefresh. However, i first set too low values for HorizSync, hence i was still stuck in 800x600. Log said HorizSync was "out of range" for 1024x768". That may have been the problem of Ralf (right above), since i first used his values. Using the values provided by Daniel just worked fine (HorizSync 36-52, VertRefresh 36-60).