Hi All,

Sorry for asking what is probably a common question
but after several days of mucking around I have decided
it would be appropriate to ask the experts.

I have downloaded the latest stable version of Debian
and KDE to run on an old HP NetServer E60 I had..

Found that the software and screen did not talk together -
the desktop stretched out across the screen making reading
the text impossible.

I have visited several links to address this problem and
have managed to get the screen to work.

The xorg.conf that I have used that works reasonably well
is listed below and based on the following link.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=648349


********************************* XORG.CONF **********************************

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load    "i2c"
    Load    "bitmap"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "extmod"
    Load    "freetype"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "int10"
    Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP"
    Driver        "ati"
    BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
       Option "DPMS"
       Identifier "Samsung205BW"
       VendorName "Samsung"
       ModelName "SyncMaster 205BW"
    DisplaySize 433 270
       HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
       VertRefresh 56.000 - 63.000
       Modeline "1680x1050" 146.25 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP"
        Monitor         "Samsung205BW"
        Defaultdepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth   24
                Modes           "1680x1050"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
    Screen        "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode    0666
EndSection

****************************************************************

OK. The problem is that

(1) the screen resolution is noted in Debian/GNOME and KDE as
1280x800 and it appears to be this resolution, rather than
1680x1050.

(2) I note that the screen extends below the bottom of the screen.
What I mean here is that if I put the GNOME or KDE toolbar on
the top/left/right of the screen it sites on the edge and all
amplets/plugins are aligned properly. If I put the toolbar on
the bottom of the screen it sits below the bottom edge.

(3) the fonts are not clean. Like most people on the various
discussion boards I have text that fades every 9 or so characters.
Although able to be read the text some characters (e.g. ', ") are
difficult to view.

Has anyone had any experience using
the "ATI Technologies Inc
3D Rage IIC AGP" graphics card with the "Samsung
SyncMaster 205BW"? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

As is probably obvious I am a linux/debian/kde novice.

--

Thanks Simon

Simon Cropper
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