[vox-tech] No resolution except 640x480

[Alex Mandel]

Ken Bloom wrote:
> I just booted my computer today, and Xorg isn't giving me any other
> resolution than 640x480, because it says it can't read the EDID
> information from my monitor. The relevant log snippet is below
> (the whole log is attached, as is my xorg.conf).
> 
> Can anyone help get this to work again? I'm running a Dell Dimension
> 4100, with a GeForce4 MX 440 graphics card, and a Sony Trinitron
> Multiscan 420GS monitor.
> 
> It was working just fine on Friday, and I've attached the aptitude log
> for the only dist-upgrade that I did on Friday (just in case that
> dist-upgrade broke everything).
> 
> --Ken Bloom
> 

I've had problems like that before in the past. Try switch your depth 
settings in xorg to 16 and maybe if you have a backup copy of your old 
xorg before the dist-upgrade do a diff to make sure the upgrade didn't 
fudge anything.

Alex