Video Card issues

[skatinjj]

Re: Video Card issues

I just copied the file and I'm going to see if it helps. thanks for the help

[HighHo]

Re: Video Card issues

Add the following line just under the line Modes "1280x1024": EndSubSection
Sorry I just noticed I missed that out.

[skatinjj]

Re: Video Card issues

alright, thats cool. i just ran

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

to get back into KDE, ill make the change and let you know

[skatinjj]

Re: Video Card issues

it dumps me in tty1 after a reboot. I try "startx" and get:

parse error line 50 of section InoutDevice
"EndSection" is not a valid keyword in this section.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

im trying to learn more about linux so hopefully i can find a solutionm, ill keep messing around with it

[skatinjj]

Re: Video Card issues

i fixed the problem with the conf file, there was an extra EndSection

[HighHo]

Re: Video Card issues

Ooops! Sorry about that.
Just delete the line and try again while i go make myself a cuppa tea for my ovious caffine needs.

[skatinjj]

Re: Video Card issues

lol alright. Im gonna keep messing with it to see if i can get it to use my intel 85x with the i810 driver....there has to be a way lol

[skatinjj]

Re: Video Card issues

got system settings to say my driver is i810 but now it is also saying that is my video card lol attached is my conf

[dibl]

Re: Video Card issues

Are you sure you don't want the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver? I think it is more current and has more capabilities than the i810 driver.

[skatinjj]

Re: Video Card issues

if its more up to date than yes, i was using i810 because system settings defaulted to it. Do you know how I could get it and use it.

[HighHo]

Re: Video Card issues

apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

Edit your xorg.conf and repalce the line: Driver "i810"
with: Driver "intel"

[skatinjj]

Re: Video Card issues

Thanks everyone for their help, I finally got it working correctly.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Video Card issues

Perhaps you used sudo to run an app like Kate?
You shouldn't, use kdesu for that.

Anyway, you can probably fix it with "sudo chown skatinjj:skatinjj /home/skatinjj/.Xauthority".
Actually, before you do that, post the output of "ls -l ~/.Xauthority". (Then use the command. It can't hurt.)