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Hi, i have a thinkpad t420 with a fresh install, got gnome and the video driver in use is intel i915.
The problem comes when i try to change the screen resolution inside a game, it only can use the resolution set in the system (ie 1920x1080) i cannot alter this.
If i change the resolution in the system, the game takes this new resolution when i open it. I have another computer with arch , has an nvidia card and i don't have this issue.
I want to keep the native resolution when i get out of the game, and pick a lower resolution in game for better performance.
What can i do? please help.
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got gnome
On wayland? What the output of "xrandr -q"?
And specify "game".
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$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
XWAYLAND0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 530mm x 300mm
1920x1080 59.96*+
This is an external screen. What games? well i have tried with salt and sanctuary and civ v , i have pillars of eternity from gog, that one can pick any resolution, so i think its a problem for steam games.
Last edited by kadmos (2016-10-24 11:30:07)
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Yes, gnome on wayland. (it's the default, *sigh*)
On login, simply choose "gnome on xorg".
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I tried, it just does not log in, it shows me the login screen again.
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tried disabling wayland in /etc/gdm/custom.conf and rebooted, gdm wont start and had to go back to wayland, what i'm i missing here?
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I tried, it just does not log in, it shows me the login screen again.
Did you install xorg?
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
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xorg-server and xorg-server-utils are installed, reinstalled it and tried again, still not working
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also installed the xorg meta package just to see if it would fix things, and nope.
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What about an xorg-video driver? If xorg is installed but doesn't work, post the xorg log from the failed attempt.
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xf86-video-intel is installed, where do i find the log?
Last edited by kadmos (2016-10-24 12:20:09)
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xorg log:
[ 16.576] (--) Log file renamed from "/home/max/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.pid-772.log" to "/home/max/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
[ 16.577]
X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Release Date: 2016-07-19
[ 16.577] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 16.577] Build Operating System: Linux 4.5.4-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 16.577] Current Operating System: Linux charocal 4.8.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 22 18:26:57 CEST 2016 x86_64
[ 16.577] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=9f1e6af5-364e-44b9-84f9-7d69b39c6941 rw quiet
[ 16.577] Build Date: 19 July 2016 05:54:24PM
[ 16.577]
[ 16.577] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[ 16.577] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 16.577] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 16.577] (==) Log file: "/home/max/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Oct 24 08:02:24 2016
[ 16.583] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 16.583] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 16.589] Parse error on line 1 of section InputClass in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf
"Subsection" is not a valid keyword in this section.
[ 16.589] (EE) Problem parsing the config file
[ 16.589] (EE) Error parsing the config file
[ 16.589] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 16.589] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 16.589] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 16.589] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/max/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 16.589] (EE)
[ 16.590] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
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Parse error on line 1 of section InputClass in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf
"Subsection" is not a valid keyword in this section.
Fix that. Or just delete that file unless you are sure you need it for something.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
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the problem was this file i created:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf
attempting to fix the lack of resolutions i was able to pick from, besides having errors, it wasn't doing anything because i was using wayland instead of xorg.
After removing the file i can log into gnome with xorg, im going to try changing the game resolutions and report back
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yes, its all working now
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