[Tfug] video tool

[erich]

I'm very interested in this thread,

                  I tried to upgrade to a newer version of xorg-server, 
and discovered to
my dismay that the scan rate/color depth was reduced to the lowest common
denominator, and there was no (easy) way to "peak and tweak" like I was
able to do with earlier versions.
 
                  It's hard to say at what version this occurred because 
each distro
has it's own version nomenclature. I can only make vague comments at this
point, but this all started when the xorg community began to work with
the HAL/udev systems that run on the newer kernels. "Your problems
are over" they said, "the xorg-server takes care of everything for you"

                                                                        
                              Erich
                                                                                          

Kramer Lee wrote:
> We used to be able to directly edit xorg.conf to set a maximum color
> depth, for my old video card I had to set it to 16, then I could get
> 1280x1024 to match the monitor.  Debian still has a
> not-completely-automatic Xorg and allows me to put the line:
>
> DefaultDepth         16
>
> in the Screen part of the xorg.conf file.  So for that computer I have
> given up on Ubuntu and use Debian.
>
> With 9.10 you also get Grub 2, which has a lot different way of
> changing its settings than did Grub 1, so that is another learning
> curve.  Debian doesn't use Grub 2 yet either.
>
> On 5/28/10, Malcolm <mjs355 at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> I recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 on an old HP laptop (Plll) and can't
>> get video resolution over 800x600. I know there used to be a tool to
>> configure the video. Anyone know what it is?
>>
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