1024x768 to 1280x768 problem

[darkcoffee]

Recently got a widescreen monitor. Now everything just stretches out. How do I make X widescreen?

I did some searching, and I need to edit the xorg.conf file. But it does not even exist. So I tried the command 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg', but it failed to generate an xorg.conf file. Copy-and-pasting a random xorg.conf would not work properly since it is hardward specific.

Please help.

[An Sanct]

X is now made so, that it doesn't explicitly need xorg.conf to run.

The location is:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

I also have a widescreen and nothing mentioning resolutions in xorg.conf, it is as it should be, plug'n'play.

[realzippy]

xrandr -q

shows available resolutions.

Btw,more infos,more replies...
graphics card/chip,graphics driver ?



lshw -C display

[darkcoffee]

*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]

[Krytarik]

Just add a "xrandr" command to the kdm/gdm startup script to set the resolution at startup:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution

No need to set up a xorg.conf then, simple new world! ;-)

Greetings.

[celldweller1591]

simply install 'resolution switcher' from Synaptic and use it to switch into supported resolutions!

[realzippy]

Test this:
open a terminal,type:


gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

paste into empty file:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "ddc"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 11.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "sis"
VendorName "SiS"
BoardName "SiS 650 AGP"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "300x200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "600x400" "300x240" "320x240" "300x400"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Reboot.
If problems,boot in recovery mode and delete formerly created xorg.conf:


sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf