Re: setting & switching screen densities
> Actually, there's something weird with the latest xf86config.
> A few days ago i got rid of my old 15" monitor and got a 17", so I made a
> backup copy of my /etc/X11/XF86Config file and ran xf86config.
> It seemed to work perfectly. I set the mouse, keyboard, video card,
> monitor (filled in the values from the manual which came with it). Then
> it ran the X server to test the settings. Perfect! 1280x1024. Clicked
> on OK, and saved the configuration.
>
> However, when I restarted xdm, I got an 800x600 screen. When I looked in
> /var/log/xdm-errors, I saw that it was discarding all the higher
> resolutions. I've lost the actual error messages - forgot to keep a copy
> of the log file - but i'm sure I'll see them again this weekend when i
> have time to get it running in 1280x1024.
what i did that finally worked was to choose the "monitor can do
1280x1024 @60hz" option; this worked where entering my own specifics
failed. Also, i used XF86Setup, which ultimately gave me the best
results.
Then, however, i had to edit out an aweful lot of extra modes . . .
> So, something is wrong with what it saved. I *SAW* X running my new
> screen in 1280x1024 mode.
yes, i saw this with some cases in which i still ended up with a useless
configureation file.
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