[NTLUG:Discuss] KDE 4.6? - WAS - xorg.conf settings question *FIXED*

[Leroy Tennison]

On 03/06/2011 12:03 PM, Wayne Dahl wrote:
> Gilbert Morrow wrote:
>> Google "reload xorg.conf"
>> On Mar 5, 2011 8:41 PM, "Wayne Dahl" <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Hi folks.  I need a little help here.  I had an update go a bit 
>>> south on
>> my laptop here, HP Pavillion DV9620US.  In the process of trying to 
>> fix it,
>> I mistakenly ran the xorg fix from the recovery session and it basically
>> wiped my xorg.conf file.  I THOUGHT I had a backup copy of the 
>> working file,
>> but upon inspection, turns out I don't.
>>> Here's the contents of my current xorg.conf file...
>>>
>>> # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
>>> #
>>> # This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
>>> # values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.
>>> #
>>> # You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real"
>> xorg.conf
>>> # For example:
>>> #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>>   Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
>>>   Driver        "kbd"
>>>   Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
>>>   Option        "XkbModel"    "pc105"
>>>   Option        "XkbLayout"    "us"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>>   Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
>>>   Driver        "mouse"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>>   Identifier    "Synaptics Touchpad"
>>>   Driver        "synaptics"
>>>   Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
>>>   Option        "Device"    "/dev/psaux"
>>>   Option        "Protocol"    "auto-dev"
>>>   Option        "HorizEdgeScroll"    "0"
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "Device"
>>>   Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
>>>   Boardname    "nv"
>>>   Busid        "PCI:0:18:0"
>>>   Driver        "nvidia"
>>>   Screen    0
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Monitor"
>>>   Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
>>>   Vendorname    "Plug 'n' Play"
>>>   Modelname    "Plug 'n' Play"
>>>  modeline  "640x480 at 60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync 
>>> -hsync
>>>   Gamma    1.0
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Screen"
>>>   Identifier    "Default Screen"
>>>   Device        "Configured Video Device"
>>>   Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
>>>   Defaultdepth    24
>>>   SubSection "Display"
>>>       Depth    24
>>>       Virtual    640    480
>>>       Modes        "640x480 at 60"
>>>   EndSubSection
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>>   Identifier    "Default Layout"
>>>  screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
>>>   Inputdevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "Module"
>>>   Load        "glx"
>>>   Load        "v4l"
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "device" #
>>>   Identifier    "device1"
>>>   Boardname    "nv"
>>>   Busid        "PCI:0:18:0"
>>>   Driver        "nvidia"
>>>   Screen    1
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "screen" #
>>>   Identifier    "screen1"
>>>   Device        "device1"
>>>   Defaultdepth    24
>>>   Monitor        "monitor1"
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "monitor" #
>>>   Identifier    "monitor1"
>>>   Gamma    1.0
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> I know the screen resolutions are missing and I haven't been able to
>> figure out where to put what.  This one doesn't look anything like my
>> desktop.  Max resolution on this laptop is 1440x900, not sure about the
>> refresh rate.  The video card is an nVidia GeForce Go 7150M (UMA) and 
>> the
>> screen is a 17" WXGA+ High-Definition BrightView Widescreen.
>>> Any help would be appreciated.  I don't know if I'm just putting the 
>>> wrong
>> keyword in or what, but Google hasn't been much help, so far.
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Wayne Dahl
>>> No electrons were abused in any way by any Microsoft product in the
>> creation or sending of this email.
>>> OS: Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on an HP DV9620US laptop
>>>
>>>
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> Thanks for the responses from Leroy and Gilbert.  I'm not sure why I 
> didn't try this before...maybe because I was going cross-eyed from all 
> the baloney I was coming across on Google.  I pulled a printout of the 
> xorg.conf file from my desktop and basically copied the screen 
> resolutions from the "Monitor" section into the file on my laptop and 
> added the ones I wanted in the "Screen" section.  Leroy, my problem 
> was I was stuck in 640x480 resolution and couldn't change it...it was 
> the highest resolution available.  After copying the desired 
> resolution modes, I was still stuck at 640x480.  I'm not sure what 
> made me look at it...but after comparing the two again, I saw that, 
> under the "Screen" section, Virtual was set for 640  480.  My desktop 
> had my current screen resolution in there.  I changed the laptop 
> "Screen" section Virtual to 1440   900 and upon reboot, the laptop 
> STILL came up in 640x480.  BUT, when I went to the Display in System 
> Settings, voila...I now had all the screen resolutions to choose 
> from.  I picked 1440x900 and the laptop is back to normal again.
>
> Gilbert, reloading the xorg.conf file wasn't the problem.  It was 
> loading what was there, it's just that what was there was wrong for 
> this laptop.
>
> Leroy, I followed your link and something in it made me go back and 
> fire up Vista (yes, it's still installed, although I never run it) and 
> found that all the resolution modes in Vista were set to 60 Hz...same 
> as the xorg.conf file on my desktop.  So I went back to Kubuntu, and 
> THAT'S when I happened to see the setting for Virtual in the Screen 
> section.
>
> Whew...may be time to go ahead and upgrade this laptop.  The latest 
> and greatest Kubuntu is running KDE 4.6.  Anyone running that and what 
> do you think of it so far?
>
> Thanks for all the help guys.  You steered me in the right direction 
> once again.
>
Glad something helped, that sounded like a tough one.