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rbrownclown

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 125

Resolution Issue

GDM and GNOME start up in a resolution WAY too high.  I can temporarily change it when I go into GNOME, but it doesn't make a difference if I reboot.  I tried taking out the lines for other resolutions in xorg.conf, and it worked - but I want those resolutions to still be an option.  How do I make it so that it starts up in one, but keeps the other options?

tom5760

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From: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Registered: 2006-02-05

Posts: 283

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Re: Resolution Issue

In xorg.conf list the resolutions in the order that you want to use them in, at least I think thats how it works.     

...
SubSection "Display"
    Viewport   0 0
    Depth     24
    Modes  "1280x800" "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
...

In this mode, X will try "1280x800" first.  The other resolutions should still be options in Gnome.

Last edited by tom5760 (2007-02-13 00:04:12)