Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

[Doofus <doofus@bulldoghome.com>]

Angelina Carlton wrote:

> Doofus <doofus@bulldoghome.com> writes:
>
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> > But now I'm even more confused. Ideally I'd like to understand why it
> > suddenly works. Everything I've found on the net describes the great
> > difficulty in configuring this laptop to run correctly at
> > 1400x1050. Some X config files I've found (which didn't work) contain
> > 1400x1050 modelines like yours above. However, I can't see any
> > reference to that resolution in the now running config built by the
> > nVidia installer which seems to work fine. I've quoted the original
> > flawed XF86Config file and also the modified version that the nVidia
> > installer produced. Can anyone here tell me why it works?
> >
> >    
> Hmm the modelines are almost identical, your sure your desktop is at
> 1400x1050?
> xdpyinfo | grep dimensions should confirm it. If it is then I am not
> sure why the file dosent reflect that unless there is some sort of
> auto-detection that happens first. 

Thanks again.
You're right - xdpyinfo returns 1280 x 1024.There's no virtual windowing 
going on though, and the fact remains that the only difference between 
those two config files is these entries in the useless one::

   Load  "GLcore"
   Load  "dri"

and

   Section "DRI"
       Mode    0666
   EndSection


How odd. The X window must be getting stretched to fit the screen 
somehow. Hmm...