X and Fluxbox :: X with Matrox G400

I've tried several versions of DSL over the last year or so and am now giving 0.8.1.1 a go.
The box I'm trying it on has a Matrox G400 16MB card and try as I will I can't get any decent resolution set with xvesa. I want 1280x1024 at least and I have several Linuces installed on this box using up to 1600x1200 at 24 bit using this card.
Try as I will it always comes out the same - I'm not sure what it's set at but when the browser opens it takes up the whole height of the screen, so I think it is not even 1024x768.
Any ideas anyone?
Neil

Try booting with "dsl xsetup"

Then try some different Xvesa settings. Maybe you can get a mode to work that you can live with.

Otherwise, you can try the "dsl xsetup vga=xxx" and choose the xfbdev driver.

This should work when you fill in the "xxx" with the right frame buffer code:

http://www.desktop-linux.net/framebuffer.htm

My point is that whatever I try to set I still get the same coarse resolution although the file .xserverrc contains the figures I have set. It's just that they do not work as they should. In vmware or on a couple of other boxes there is no problem. It seems to be a problem with the G400 and I was wondering if anyone else had come across it and maybe found a fix.
Neil

What does the "Xvesa -listmodes" command show you as possibilities for resolutions/colors with that card?

73
ke4nt

Xvesa -listmodes shows a maximum of 800x600 24 bit
As the hd installations (Suse 9, Suse 9.1, Mandrake 10, Warty Warthog, Xandros, etc) happily go up to 1600x1200 24 bit this seems to point to a bug in Xvesa? DSL? There again fb1280x1024 did not work either???
Neil

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