On 5/23/20 2:36 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> I have been using Debian for the last 20+ years.  I don't like systemd
> and that has kept me on Stretch, where I can still use SysV as init. 
> I have tried several times to upgrade to Buster without SysV, but have
> had no luck.  So here I am at Devuan.
>
>
> I installed Ascii on a separate set of partitions, so I have the
> ability to keep using my Debian Stretch install until I get Ascii
> running the way I want it to.  I had some trouble with the install,
> but I got past that.  I do, however, have some issues that I could use
> some help with.
>
>
> My screen resolution is very low.
>
> Under Stretch, when I run xrandr, I get about a dozen resolutions, up
> to 1920x1080.  Since I have a 23" monitor, I use the highest
> resolution possible.  Unfortunately, under Ascii, I get a max
> resolution of 1280x1024, which doesn't even fit the screen proportions.
>
>
> The output from lspci is:
>
> lspci -v | grep VGA
>     Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66MHz, medium devsel,
> latency 64, NUMA node 0
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] (prog-if 00
> [VGA controller])
>
>
> According to the MATE Control Center, my monitor is "Unknown", under
> Debian Stretch it correctly identifies my Samsung monitor.
>
>
> If I set my video mode to 0x317 in LILO (as my Debian config had) that
> is even worse.  Then I get the framebuffer while I am in the console,
> which looks a lot better, but my X screen resolution is also limited
> to 1024x768.  (Under Debian, my X screen resolution was not tied to
> the framebuffer resolution.)  The highest resolution that I can set
> the framebuffer to seems to be 1400x1050.  This is better, but still
> not what my video card/monitor combination is capable of.
>
>
> Have others been having these issues?  Any ideas on how to get my full
> screen resolution in X will be greatly appreciated.  I am looking
> forward to working in an OS that is guaranteed not to slip systemd in
> on me.
>
>
> Marc Shapiro

Installed firmware-linux.  Problem solved.


Marc