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I've just installed Arch linux and am mighty proud of that feat. However there is a problem with my monitor that I'm wondering if anybody would know how to fix.
My screen is working pretty decently colorwise and so forth, but X insists on loading the wrong resolution. My screen is natively 1280x800, but x configures it to be 1380x800, and all my programs pretends that I have yet another 100 pixel to the right side of the screen, even though my monitor oviously can't show them.
I tried to run "xrandr -q" to see what was going on. This is the result:
Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1360 x 800, maximum 1360 x 1360
VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 261mm x 163mm
1280x800 60.0*+ 50.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
HDMI-1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1360x768 59.8
1152x864 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3
640x480 59.9
HDMI-2 connected 1360x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1360x768 59.8*
1152x864 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3
640x480 59.9
So it seems X sees another screen than the one I've been trying to configure in the xorg.conf file, and furthermore gets the resolution wrong. Does anybody know how I could potentially solve this problem?
SOLVED: I added the following lines to the xorg.conf file:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HDMI-1"
Option "Ignore" "True"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HDMI-2"
Option "Ignore" "True"
EndSection
Last edited by arnfred (2009-03-27 12:22:14)
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Try , as root in a konsole window, running:
X -configure :1
Then:
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original
...this will save your configuration as a safeguard !
Then:
mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Reboot and see if you are now OK.
Deej
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Thanks for your answer. It doesn't solve the problem though. The new xorg.conf file gives me a resolution of something around 800x600 and when I run "xrandr -q" it says that it can't open display. furthermore plasma crashes on startup for some reason.
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Try adding this to the Monitor section in xorg.conf:
Option "PreferredMode" "1280x800"
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Thanks for the help. I have solved the problem by adding
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HDMI-1"
Option "Ignore" "True"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HDMI-2"
Option "Ignore" "True"
EndSection
to xorg.conf
Now I just need wifi running consitently and I'm golden
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