xorg.conf problems

Hi,

I just installed backtrack 2 on my Desktop PC but i can't seem to configure the xorg.conf to display for 1680 x 1050.

Here is the xorg.conf:

Quote:

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Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
#Load "speedo"

Load "glx"

EndSection


Section "Files"


RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"

EndSection



Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "3"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5 - 150.0
VertRefresh 40-90
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "vesa"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"

DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1680x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

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As you can see I have added the modes but believe I need to change the refresh rates.
I have looked through the monitors documentation and think I have found it but it doesn't seem to work anyway!
hxxp://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/E207WFP/En/about.htm#Specifications

Also i have an NVidia Geforce 7300 LE graphics card

Any help on correcting this issue would be greatly appreciated,

Dave

--Edit--

I can startx and it defaults to mode 1024x768 with three other available modes. 800x600, 640x480 and 640x400

I'm not sure the vesa drivers will support that.

Have you tried it with the Nvidia driver?

The VesaFB that is in BT2 does not support such a high resolution the highest you can get is, 1280X1024 with 16M colors. BT2 comes w/ VesaFB 2.0 you will need 3.0 in order to get that high of a resolution.
For more info on vesafb see here:
http://www.linux-fbdev.org/

Problem solved, Thanks.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Pureline

Problem solved, Thanks.

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Maybe you can log your resolution for the future reference of others? ;)

Did you upgrade to vesaFB3.0 or install Nvidia driver, etc?

I installed backtrack 3 I think >_>
Yes, the cowards way out.

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Originally Posted by Pureline

I installed backtrack 3 I think >_>
Yes, the cowards way out.

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Nothing cowardly about getting more up to date tools ;)