Debian resolutions?

[georanson]

I recently installed squeeze and I need to add a resolution to xorg but there is no longer a xorg.conf? Iv never really been any good with anything to do with X so i would appreciate any help that anyone can give. Im trying to add a resolution for my 1920x1080 monitor at 60Hz.

[oz]

If you are running nvidia drivers, you can run nvidia-xconfig in a console to create the xorg.conf file. Here's my xorg.conf file for Arch Linux if you want to use it as a reference for creating your own:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       24.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPI" "96x96"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Note that it picks up the 1920x1080 monitor resolution at 60Hz automatically.

[georanson]

how do i find out what driver i should be using?

[oz]

The video driver you use depends on the make and model of your video card unless you want to use a generic linux driver, which of course may not give the performance of proprietary drivers that were built for your card.

[georanson]

I have just integrated graphics. That are on my desktop so im gonna guess intel?

[jayd512]

Look at the output of lspci.
Looking at the output, you'll see a listing for your GFX chip.
You can either Google around for the right driver, or you can post that line back here for assistance.

[georanson]

VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)

[jayd512]

That chip uses the i810 driver.
That should be included in the kernel. But if not, you can find information on it here. That page is for Squeeze.

[georanson]

v iv changed to my proper driver in my xorg.conf but i stil dont have the correct resolutions after rebooting

[jayd512]

I've not used Debian proper, just derivatives like Ubuntu and Mint.
So you will need to use a little Google work, or wait for more detailed replies from our members here.