Running OS X Lion at 640 x 480

How do I run Lion at 640 x 480, I have an old CRT projector and this is the maximum resolution it will handle. Snow Leopard on my old MBP managed it but the minimum I can see on Lion is 800 x 600.. There must be some third party software or a work around?
Cheers,
Chris

I know this is an old post, but for everyone which has the same problem:
Try to use:
https://github.com/jhford/screenresolution
This is a command line utility. You can install it and run from Terminal.app.

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Mac Mini defaults to 640 by 480 and can't be reset?

Hello fellow macfolks...
I have a Mac Mini that I use only on an occasional basis. Tonight I connected it to my trusty, known-good NEC 20 inch monitor, and lo and behold, the mini boots up at 640 by 480 resolution with NO other choices in teh display panel.
I tried resetting the NV RAM, no good.
I tried to do a software update, and believe it or not, YOU CAN'T CLICK ON THE AGREED BUTTON ON THE SOFTWARE LICENSE TO UPDATE THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE!!!! And return, or enter don't work either.
Any suggestions as to what I should do? I looked around for a display preferences file that I might trash, but none are obvious. I tried a different (known good) monitor with a different cable, SAME THING.
I then took the thing to Frys and tried it with an HDMI monitor... it came up at a higher resolution, but still only one setting...
Is this a hardware problem?
Any help any of you geniuses at large can provide would be appreciated...
And Apple... you need to make sure that system updates can be performed at any resolution, or make your base default something higher please!
Regards
Groovology
Macs to the Max!

If you did a clean install of the system then it is likely a hardware issue. Someone here more knowledeable than myself may know something more to help you, but after exhausting all other options I would lean towards a hardware problem.
You never said if when you started from the system disk if it also ran in 640x480. While I know you cannot change resolutions from the startup CD, it would be readily apparent if it too was running in 640x480 or if the other issue you had appeared. That would certainly indicate a hardware issue since the install disk should be a "clean" version of the system. You also never answered the question about safe boot, but after a clean install I would think that point is moot anyway.
I am assuming you did a clean install of the system, which if software was an issue it should have resolved it. I am unaware of any firmware or other updates that may have caused (or coulkd fix) this problem, but again I have not had any issues with any of the minis I own so I have not done any amount of troubleshooting.
Sorry I could not be of more help.

24' cinema display stuck in 640 X 480 - unless used in Apple Store!

I really need some help with my new MBP and 24" LED cinema display that is driving me crazy. The first part of the problem is that when I bring my MBP out of sleep and attach the monitor, or if I simply disconnect the monitor and reconnect it without sleeping, it only shows 640X480 and no options for other display settings.
I have tried a great many things and suggestions, including deleting the com.apple.windowserver.plist files (system and byhost versions), repairing the permissions, resetting the pram. Nothing makes any difference to this behaviour.
The second part of the problem is that having decided it was the monitor itself I took both the display and the MBP back to the apple store today where it worked faultlessly - no amount of rebooting, sleeping and attaching/detaching would make the error occur. Once we gave and I got them both home again - it reverted to the previous, faulty behaviour! We wondered in the store if it was a faulty cable - but no amount of wriggling of the cable makes any difference.
When The display is correct, the system profiler shows:
LED Cinema Display:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
Connection Type: DisplayPort
When the display goes to its 640 X 480 mode, the system profiler shows:
Display:
Resolution: 640 x 480
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Connection Type: DisplayPort
I found a few things relating to issues with recognition of monitors when coming out of sleep - but this monitor was made specifically for this MBP, and others don't seem to be having this problem. My MBP also works fine with my DELL flatscreen display at a high resolution.
Anyone got any idea what else I can change before I have to completely rebuild my MBP. I am really confused by this - why would it insist on working in the Apple Store and refuse to work correctly at home?

First off, the power cable is not permanently attached to the monitor. It is a 3-pronged, grounded connector at the monitor end. I know because I just disconnected mine and freed up the entire cable. Since I'm one of those who just does stuff even when it may not always be well-advised, I can report on an experience that could bear on your situation.
I had my Mac Pro running when I reached around the back of my 24" LED display and pulled the plug from the monitor. Of course, the monitor instantly went "black". I quickly replugged it back in (no, I didn't shut anything down and risked frying the monitor). When the monitor returned to life it was "stuck" in 640 x 480 mode and I could only "restart" or "shut down" to get it restored to the 1920 x 1200 mode I keep it in.
This suggests to me that the problem lies in your cabling and power delivery system. Perhaps you are getting power surges or power spikes that have the equivalent effect of taking your monitor "off" and then returning the monitor to a 640 x 480 condition after restoring power.
If it were me, I'd try with a new monitor cable to power. I'm betting your problem doesn't have anything to do with the monitor to computer cable, but it isn't the only cable here. Something is disrupting the constant power feed and I'm betting the problem is amplified by faulty power cord. Since I just replicated your situation by literally pulling the plug and replugging it in, it seems to me that this would be a fruitful area of investigation.
Hope this leads you somewhere positive.

640 x 480 resolution problem [solved]

I testing Arch. I've got it installed as a vbox guest. I plan (if things go well) to eventually turn it into a live CD, as I can't find one out there now that fully meets my needs.
So far, things have gone pretty smooth, but now I've hit a wall. I got lxde installed (live CD, so keep it light and lean) and it works. The problem is the resolution is stuck at 640 x 480. I can't increase it. xrandr says my max is 640 x 480, which I know isn't true. Obviously installing specific drivers isn't an option as I plan on doing the live CD. Quite a bit of searching turned up several solved, but most of those were physical hardware issues in the end (Puppy does 1600x1050 as a guest, so it's not hardware or vbox) and "it just fixed itself" isn't an answer for me. What am I doing wrong?
Xorg.0.log
[ 4.981]
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Release Date: 2013-12-27
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[ 4.981] Build Date: 09 January 2014 09:32:33AM
[ 4.981]
[ 4.981] Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
[ 4.981] Before reporting problems, check [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
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(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
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[ 4.981] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Feb 15 22:46:13 2014
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Using a default monitor configuration.
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/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
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[ 5.115] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
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[ 5.115] X.Org XInput driver : 20.0
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[ 5.130] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
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[ 5.323] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.323] compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 0.6.0
[ 5.323] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
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[ 5.352] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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[ 5.352] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 5.352] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 5.352] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 5.352] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 5.352] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
[ 5.371] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vboxvideo
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[ 5.371] (EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 5.371] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 5.371] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 5.388] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.388] compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 0.8.1
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[ 5.393] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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[ 5.403] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.404] compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 2.3.2
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[ 5.404] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 5.404] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 5.404] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 5.404] (++) using VT number 1
[ 5.404] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
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[ 5.404] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 5.415] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.415] compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 0.0.2
[ 5.415] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0
[ 5.415] (**) FBDEV(1): claimed PCI slot 0@0:2:0
[ 5.415] (II) FBDEV(1): using default device
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[ 5.416] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 5.416] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 5.416] (II) FBDEV(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 5.416] (==) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 5.416] (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
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[ 5.416] (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: VESA VGA (video memory: 1216kB)
[ 5.416] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer device...
[ 5.416] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against monitor...
[ 5.416] (--) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640)
[ 5.416] (**) FBDEV(0): Built-in mode "current": 30.7 MHz, 36.9 kHz, 73.3 Hz
[ 5.416] (II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current"x0.0 30.72 640 672 752 832 480 484 488 504 -hsync -vsync -csync (36.9 kHz b)
[ 5.416] (==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
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[ 5.422] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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[ 5.422] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 5.422] (**) FBDEV(0): using shadow framebuffer
[ 5.422] (II) Loading sub module "shadow"
[ 5.422] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[ 5.422] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
[ 5.426] (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.426] compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 1.1.0
[ 5.426] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 5.426] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
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[ 5.426] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 5.426] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[ 5.433] (==) FBDEV(0): Backing store enabled
[ 5.434] (==) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
[ 5.434] (==) RandR enabled
[ 5.451] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
[ 5.451] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
[ 5.993] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[ 5.993] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
[ 6.318] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[ 6.318] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 6.318] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 6.318] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 6.331] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 6.331] compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 2.8.2
[ 6.331] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 6.331] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 20.0
[ 6.331] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 6.331] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 6.331] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 6.331] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[ 6.331] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[ 6.331] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 6.331] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2/event1"
[ 6.331] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[ 6.331] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 6.331] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 6.331] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 6.351] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event2)
[ 6.351] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 6.351] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[ 6.351] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[ 6.351] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[ 6.351] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
[ 6.351] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Found keys
[ 6.351] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 6.351] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSLPBN:00/input/input3/event2"
[ 6.351] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[ 6.351] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 6.351] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 6.351] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 6.352] (II) config/udev: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 6.352] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox mouse integration (/dev/input/event3)
[ 6.352] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 6.352] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'VirtualBox mouse integration'
[ 6.352] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: always reports core events
[ 6.352] (**) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[ 6.352] (--) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: Vendor 0x80ee Product 0xcafe
[ 6.352] (--) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: Found 1 mouse buttons
[ 6.352] (--) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: Found absolute axes
[ 6.352] (--) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: Found x and y absolute axes
[ 6.352] (--) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: Found absolute touchscreen
[ 6.352] (II) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: Configuring as touchscreen
[ 6.352] (**) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 6.352] (**) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 6.352] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/input/input4/event3"
[ 6.352] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VirtualBox mouse integration" (type: TOUCHSCREEN, id 8)
[ 6.352] (II) evdev: VirtualBox mouse integration: initialized for absolute axes.
[ 6.352] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 6.352] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 6.352] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 6.352] (**) VirtualBox mouse integration: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 6.352] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox mouse integration (/dev/input/js0)
[ 6.353] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 6.353] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 6.353] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox USB Tablet (/dev/input/event5)
[ 6.353] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 6.353] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'VirtualBox USB Tablet'
[ 6.353] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: always reports core events
[ 6.353] (**) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
[ 6.353] (--) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Vendor 0x80ee Product 0x21
[ 6.353] (--) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Found 9 mouse buttons
[ 6.353] (--) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 6.353] (--) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Found relative axes
[ 6.353] (--) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Found absolute axes
[ 6.353] (--) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Found x and y absolute axes
[ 6.353] (--) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Found absolute touchscreen
[ 6.353] (II) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Configuring as touchscreen
[ 6.353] (II) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 6.353] (**) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 6.353] (**) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 6.353] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input6/event5"
[ 6.354] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VirtualBox USB Tablet" (type: TOUCHSCREEN, id 9)
[ 6.354] (WW) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: touchpads, tablets and touchscreens ignore relative axes.
[ 6.354] (II) evdev: VirtualBox USB Tablet: initialized for absolute axes.
[ 6.354] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 6.354] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 6.354] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 6.354] (**) VirtualBox USB Tablet: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 6.354] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox USB Tablet (/dev/input/js1)
[ 6.354] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 6.354] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 6.354] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualBox USB Tablet (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 6.354] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 6.354] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 6.354] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[ 6.355] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 6.355] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[ 6.355] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 6.355] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 6.355] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[ 6.355] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[ 6.355] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 6.355] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[ 6.355] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[ 6.355] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 6.355] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc104"
[ 6.355] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 6.355] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse (/dev/input/event6)
[ 6.355] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 6.355] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse'
[ 6.355] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: always reports core events
[ 6.355] (**) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[ 6.355] (--) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x6
[ 6.355] (--) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found 9 mouse buttons
[ 6.355] (--) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 6.355] (--) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 6.355] (--) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 6.355] (II) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 6.355] (II) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 6.355] (**) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 6.355] (**) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 6.355] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7/event6"
[ 6.355] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 11)
[ 6.355] (II) evdev: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 6.355] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 6.355] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 6.355] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 6.355] (**) ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 6.355] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1)
[ 6.355] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 6.355] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 6.356] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event4)
[ 6.356] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 6.356] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[ 6.358] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
Last edited by rsberzerker (2014-02-16 23:30:00)

Vesa drivers are normally used as a fallback as it is very generic. Use the free or proprietary drivers for your intel/ati/nvidia instead.
Here is a quote from the beginner's guide:
"The vesa driver is a generic mode-setting driver that will work with almost every GPU, but will not provide any 2D or 3D acceleration. If a better driver cannot be found or fails to load, Xorg will fall back to vesa. To install it:"
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide/Post-installation#Install_a_video_driver

Display crashes to 640 x 480 on Satellite 1110

Hi all,
I have a problem with a Satellite 1110. It has worked fine for years, but I am currently working elsewhere and the power is from a generator (this could be important).
My laptop keeps having a display crash that resets the display to 640 x 480 from 1024 x 768.
At this stage you have to reboot and you can view the error report that suggests hardware or software failure.
This says:
BCCode : ea BCP1 : 814F15F0 BCP2 : 81B418B8 BCP3 : 819AA310
BCP4 : 00000001 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 1_0 Product : 768_1
I have reloaded the graphics driver but it makes no difference.
However, run the laptop on batteries and it works fine.
Any ideas?
Steve
Message was edited by: snichols

Hi
Unfortunately, I dont know what this error message (code) means.
But it would be very interesting to know if you use the original AC adapter which was delivered with the notebook.
Did you try to reinstall the OS with the recovery CD?
If this issue occurs after the recovering procedure so it could be a hardware fault.
In this case the notebook should be checked by service partner

640 x 480 is only display option I have

I was running OS 9 on my G4 and I just did a clean and install of OS 10. It works great except that everything is way to big on the screen. I tried to change the display settings, but the only option it gives me is 640 x 480. I guess this monitor is too dated for the newer operating system. Anybody know how I can fix this?

Hi,
Welcome to the Apple Discussion Forum!
Honest, we'd like to help but you didn't give us very much information.
To find out what kind of G4 you have, look here, then let us know:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42739
Tell us what monitor you use, too. Some older monitors are a fixed display. I will guess that is the problem you are having.
MultiScan monitors give several display preferences that your Video card in the Mac can choose from. Most newer CRT's and flat screen LCD's are this configuration.
Regards,
Dave

X200- Display stuck on 640 x 480- Windows XP sp3

Hi. I'm new here. I am no pro, but know my way around a laptop. I have 9-10 hours into trying to figure out why:
Screen stuck and will not go any higher than 640 x 480.
I have read it could be a virus? I have run MalwareBytes and SuperAntiVirus as recommended on MS sites. And run them in safe mode as well. All clear.
What's weird is that when changing the Display Settings in safe mode, I can get to 1280 x 800 just fine.
Any advice?
PS I got hit with an imesh bug a month ago. I am pretty sure it's gone. I have connected to lenovo site for updates and it says there are none. Also tried updates from Intel, Video card shows Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family.

3 Items show up, all the same:
ThinkPad Display 1280 x 800
I first tried to remove, rebooted, and nothing happened.
When I went back in to device manager, they all 3 showed back up
Second time, disabled all 3, rebooted and nothing happened.
Third time tried to remove 2 of the 3, nothing happened.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!
I have been working on this for over a month. If I upgrade to Windows 7, I can get online, will all of these problems go away?
I have all data and pics that I need saved as well. I just don't have the recovery disc. I am thinking I might as well

I am trying to run PASW with Lion.

I am trying to run PASW with Lion. I've found a patch that allows it to run, except that it will not do graphs. These always produce this warning: 'Could Not Start Java Virtual Machine. Chart will not be drawn." Anyone know of another patch for this?
David

I am grateful for your atypical response.
DR

Please help me!!!! my macbook pro 15 running on mountain lion is hanging a lot...sometimes when i use any app than it get freeze for some seconds...what should i do?

please help me!!!! my macbook pro 15 running on mountain lion is hanging a lot...sometimes when i use any app than it get freeze for some seconds...what should i do?

Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
          1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          4 GB RAM
System Software:
          OS X 10.8.2 (12C60) - Uptime: 0 days 1:17
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (424.92 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
                 [failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
                 [failed] com.apple.afpstat.plist
                 [failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
                 [failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
                 [failed] com.apple.rcd.plist
Launch Daemons:
                 [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
                 [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
                 [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
                 [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
                 [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
                 [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
                 [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
                 [loaded] com.facebook.videochat.Akshay.plist
                 [loaded] com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist
User Login Items:
          Sony Ericsson Bridge Helper
          BitTorrent
          uTorrent
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
          Java
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
          Picasa.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes:
          14.6 %          WindowServer
          6.9   %          coreaudiod
          6.4   %          uTorrent
          1.9   %          WebProcess
          1.4   %          iTunes
          1.2   %          EtreCheck
          0.5   %          fontd
          0.2   %          NotificationCenter
          0.1   %          Dock
          0.0   %          Microsoft

I am running Mac OSx Lion 10.7.2. My problem is I can't search on an external network server for a file with the finder toolbar anymore. Nothing shows up and it will not search. I was able to in snow-leopard and am no longer able to w. Lion. Suggestions?

I am running Mac OSx Lion 10.7.2.
My issue is that I am not able to run a search in the finder toolabar on a network server. No files show up nor does it search on the server anymore. I was able to run the search in snow-leopard and am no longer able to do so with Lion. Is there a preference I can change or some kind of app or program I can download that will help me with this issue? This is extremely problematic for me as I am searching for files all day everyday. Thank you!

Hello,
It isn't the fw in Network you want o use or look at, that's for something completely different.
My first suspect is the Power Adapter on the LaCie has gone.
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware>Firewire, what is listed there?
Reset the Firewire bus
If your Firewire or USB isn't recognizing any device. A solution which has worked for some whose hard drive became invisible in 10.4 was simply to follow these four steps to reset the Firewire/USB bus:
1. Shut the machine down.
2. UNPLUG the power lead to the computer and any firewire/USB drive or devices.
3. leave it for 10 minutes.
4. Connect back up and reboot.
http://www.macmaps.com/firewirebug2.html

Is it possible to mirror the display on the Macbook pro which is two years old to my iMac which is four years old? Macbook pro is running OS X Lion 10.7.5 and the iMac is running OS X 10.6.8 (10K549). Neither of them have Thunderbolt ports.

Is it possible to mirror the display on the Macbook pro which is two years old to my iMac which is four years old? Macbook pro is running OS X Lion 10.7.5 and the iMac is running OS X 10.6.8 (10K549). Neither of them have Thunderbolt ports.

OK, well I would go with what Apple says in writing but if you want to take a trip to visit the Genius Bar that won't hurt.
Good luck, I'm 99% certain you will find I was correct but please let us know.
BTW when posting please click the Reply link in the post you are replying to, otherwise we can't tell who y our comunication is directed to.

I am going to buy a mac mini i7 with 3 thunderbolt displays for forex trading. the question is if i use bootcamp and run windows on the mac mini will the displays still run the same way as if i was running it on Lion?

I am going to buy a mac mini i7 with 3 thunderbolt displays for forex trading. the question is if i use bootcamp and run windows on the mac mini will the displays still run the same way as if i was running it on Lion?

No idea if Windows will do it, but you can run Windows without Bootcamp & have OSX available at the same time, which should give you all the Monitors that OSX uses.
Parallels...
http://www.parallels.com/
VmWare Fusion...
http://www.vmware.com/mac

640 x 480

I need to have my mini/display set at 640 x 480. So, after I change the resolution to 640 x 480 then restart the computer, the resolution automatically switches back to 1024 x 786. I've tried this on numerous displays all with the same outcome. This is the only resolution in the list of options given in the preferences that this happens to. All others resstart just as I set them in the preferences...any clue as to what is going on? Any help would be appreciated!

That's a really interesting problem. 640x480 is the lowest resolution "console" mode that a Mac puts out. I never noticed before that you can't leave a Mac set at that resolution through a restart, but I have honestly never tried.
Does the bad behavior change if you select different refresh rates? Maybe that would trigger the Mac to think "you really mean it" that you want 640x480 if you set a high refresh rate, like 85Hz or more. Alternately, if you are really desperate for a solution, it might work to use a product like SwitchRes X to build a custom 640x480 resolution. I would think that it would stick in that case and not change on you during restarts.

Suddenly LED 24" Arrangement broken, only get 640 x 480 resolution

Yesterday, did a SuperDuper backup instructing "when finished shut down." This morning I fired up my MacBook Pro and the LED 24" and the latter will only display 640 X 480 resolution (very big with jaggies). Also the prior arrangement setting is gone and cannot be reset. I've tried unplugging the LED and restarting the MacBook Pro. Neither changes the situation.
Incidentally, in the Display window of System Preferences the MacBook Pro shows everything as normal. The Display window of the LED shows the ONLY resolution available is 640 X 280. In other words, it is not as though other options are presented to select. Toggling mirroring doesn't seem to do anything either.
Please help. In this condition the LED is useless.

Well, I seemed to have fixed the problem by unplugging the LED from both the MacBook Pro and the wall outlet. After counting to 10 I plugged it all back together and the LED is showing the proper resolution, arrangement and resolution options.
Of course, I'm still interested in trying to figure out what happened in the first place. If any of you have ideas, I'd like to hear them. The LED is plugged into a surge strip, so I'm discounting that. Perhaps while I was away last night, there was a power failure. Anyway, I've had this display for 8 months, love it and it has never behaved this way before.

IDVD 08 insist to transform NTSC 720 x 480 files in 640 x 480!!!

iDVD 08 insist to burn NTSC 720 x 480 files in 640 x 480
And of course smaller with a black box…
I've tried everything in vain.
It's the same If I select widescreen or 4/3 menus…
My files are mp4 H.264 files.
I'm quite desperate since I don't get WHY iDVD wants that DVDs look like 50 years old TV shows !
I looked at the forum and couldn't find any info relative to this problem.
I wonder if it's the fact that these files are Progressive. But I thought iDVD took care of it…
This is a full description of a file I use:
* MediaInfo Mac // Plain text file report
General / Container Stream # 1
Total Video Streams for this File -> 1
Total Audio Streams for this File -> 1
Video Codecs Used -> AVC
Audio Codecs Used -> AAC LC
File Format -> MPEG-4
Play Time -> 16mn 50s
Total File Size -> 1.76 GiB
Total Stream BitRate -> 14.9 Mbps
Video Stream # 1
Codec (Human Name) -> AVC
Codec (FourCC) -> avc1
Codec Profile -> [email protected]
Frame Width -> 720 pixels
Frame Height -> 480 pixels
Frame Rate -> 29.970 fps
Total Frames -> 30283
Display Aspect Ratio -> 1.500
Video Standard -> NTSC
Scan Type -> Progressive
Colorimetry -> 4:2:0
Codec Settings (Summary) -> 2 Ref Frames
QF (like Gordian Knot) -> 1.418
Codec Settings (CABAC) -> No
Video Stream Length -> 16mn 50s 443ms
Video Stream BitRate -> 14.7 Mbps
Video Stream BitRate Mode -> VBR
Bit Depth -> 24 bits
Video Stream Size -> 1.73 GiB (98%)
Video Stream Language -> English
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2008-12-14 20:24:26
Audio Stream # 1
Codec -> AAC
Codec (FourCC) -> 40
Audio Stream Length -> 16mn 50s 112ms
Audio Stream BitRate -> 256 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode -> CBR
Number of Audio Channels -> 2
Audio Channel's Positions -> L R
Sampling Rate -> 48.0 KHz
Bit Depth -> 16 bits
Audio Stream Size -> 30.8 MiB (2%)
Audio Stream Language -> English
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2008-12-14 20:24:26
Thanks in advance for any help!
m

A TV uses rectangular pixels: 720x480.
A computer uses square pixels. So, those same pixels (720x480) are actually 640x480 and a computer. So this is normal.
The quality of your DVDs would be a separate and subjective issue. However, I can suggest that you NOT use H.264 (very compressed format) as the format for iDVD (which does it's own compression) to work with. I would give iDVD a DV or AIC file.
Mike

Running OS X Lion at 640 x 480

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