On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:50:52 -0500, Carl wrote in message <20111128075052.ga13...@panix.com>:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 02:01:15AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..run 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' and pick or verify you have picked > > all your relevant UTF-8 locales, you may want to toss out your > > "ISO-8859-*" locales. Next, run aptitude and trawl 'n haul in > > "all" UTF-8 fonts, and make those your apps, wm, DE etc defaults. ..duh, "man xrefresh" should give you another set of fix ideas. > The only installed locale is en-us.UTF-8. > > I have no earthly use for any of the ISO-8859 fonts shown by > aptitude--they're for languages I do not use. > > > ..and 'xrandr --verbose' says? > > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 > VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > Identifier: 0x41 > Timestamp: 22915 > Subpixel: no subpixels > Clones: > CRTCs: 0 1 > Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 > 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 > 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 > filter: > load detection: 1 (0x00000001) range: (0,1) > LVDS connected 1366x768+0+0 (0x43) normal (normal left inverted right > x axis y axis) 256mm x 144mm > Identifier: 0x42 > Timestamp: 22915 > Subpixel: horizontal rgb > Gamma: 1.0:1.0:1.0 > Brightness: 1.0 > Clones: > CRTC: 0 > CRTCs: 0 1 > Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 > 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 > 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 > filter: > EDID: > 00ffffffffffff000daf001100000000 > 0913010380190e780acf459059579529 > 1f505400000001010101010101010101 > 0101010101019c19562a50000830070e > 1300009010000018000000fe004e3131 > 3642362d4c30320a2020000000fe0043 > 4d4f0a202020202020202020000000fe > 004e31313642362d4c30320a20200065 > scaling mode: Full > supported: None Full Center > Full aspect 1366x768 (0x43) 65.6MHz -HSync -VSync *current > +preferred h: width 1366 start 1373 end 1387 total 1408 skew 0 > clock 46.6KHz v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total > 776 clock 60.0Hz ..ok, try one of the resolutions below and see if one of those fixes the "overwriting", if that works, you should be able to make a slightly slower 1366x768 modeline work, backing off to say 46.5kHz and 59.9Hz or some such. ..do you have grandr installed? The cli way: http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 ..to make new 1366x768 modelines the _old_ way, install videogen and have fun tweaking your new modelines. ;o) ..dirty search line: 'apt-cache search --full modelines |less' > 1280x720 (0x44) 74.5MHz -HSync +VSync > h: width 1280 start 1344 end 1472 total 1664 skew 0 > clock 44.8KHz v: height 720 start 723 end 728 total > 748 clock 59.9Hz 1152x768 (0x45) 71.8MHz -HSync +VSync > h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1328 total 1504 skew 0 > clock 47.7KHz v: height 768 start 771 end 781 total > 798 clock 59.8Hz 1024x768 (0x46) 63.5MHz -HSync +VSync > h: width 1024 start 1072 end 1176 total 1328 skew 0 > clock 47.8KHz v: height 768 start 771 end 775 total > 798 clock 59.9Hz 800x600 (0x47) 38.2MHz -HSync +VSync > h: width 800 start 832 end 912 total 1024 skew 0 > clock 37.4KHz v: height 600 start 603 end 607 total > 624 clock 59.9Hz 848x480 (0x48) 31.5MHz -HSync +VSync > h: width 848 start 872 end 952 total 1056 skew 0 > clock 29.8KHz v: height 480 start 483 end 493 total > 500 clock 59.7Hz 720x480 (0x49) 26.8MHz -HSync +VSync > h: width 720 start 744 end 808 total 896 skew 0 > clock 29.9KHz v: height 480 start 483 end 493 total > 500 clock 59.7Hz 640x480 (0x4a) 23.8MHz -HSync +VSync > h: width 640 start 664 end 720 total 800 skew 0 > clock 29.7KHz v: height 480 start 483 end 487 total > 500 clock 59.4Hz -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111128154549.3e7f0...@nb6.lan