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Newby:problems configuring the display at a different resolutionHi, i recently installed Debian 3.1 on my computer, but i have some problems configuring my Dell 2405 FPW widescreen at the resolution of 1920x1200. So, i suppose i should work on the Xorg.config (excuse me for stupid things i could say), but does Debian has Xorg.config? I ask this because i didn't find it in the /X11 directory. If i should have it, how can i add it? A second problem: when Debian starts, it gives me an error on the desktop: Error activating XKB configuration. X server version data: is it connected to the problem of the Graphical setup? Thanks, Manolo Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Debian 3.1 uses XFree86. The transition to xorg happens in the upcoming release of Debian. So the file you are looking for is /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (might not be spelled right). You can try running
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
(if I have that package name right) or try adding the "1920x1200" manually to the screen section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. You put it to the left of the other resolutions to make it the default resolution.
I don't know about your keyboard problem, but when you find /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, you could post it here.
Configuring Display - Matt, I still didn't solve the problem
So, i tried what you wrote matt, but didn't solve the problem.
Here is my XF86Config-4:
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 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 XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "it"
Option "XkbVariant" "102"
Option "XkbOptions" "pc102"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]"
Driver "ati"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DELL 2405FPW"
HorizSync 30-81
VertRefresh 56-76
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]"
Monitor "DELL 2405FPW"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1920x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1920x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1920x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1920x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1920x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Check XFree86 log for EE or WW
I can't tell what's wrong, but you could also check the XFree86 log file for errors (EE) or warnings (WW) that look relevant. For xorg, that file is /var/log/Xorg.0.log. For XFree86, I don't remember what the log file is called.
Also, the keyboard section does look complicated! If you really need those options, I'm afraid I can't help you there. I've always had a very basic keyboard configuration.
I did a quick google search on your monitor, and saw that 1920x1200 isn't even close to maxing out the resolution. And the aspect ratio looks right.
Thank you anyway
Thank you anyway
Solved the monitor problem
I solved the problem, looking on the internet.
http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/debian-user@lists.debian.org/2778361.html
I had to insert in the monitor section the following line:
Modeline "1920x1200" 87.66 1920 1952 2280 2312 1200 1227 1233 1261 interlace
It looks it works great with the ATI Radeon 9200
I discovered also the following site: http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl where if you have Your monitor settings you can try to generate your Modeline.
Thanks for helping, Manolo
P.S. now i'll try to solve the XKB problem.