I'm a multi-boot/multi-desktop user. I've always got at least three linux
ditros installed on which I try to get both e16 & e17 as well as xfce and
occasionaly kde desktops installed. Though I'm not likely to install one
that cant't be had via the distro's package management system.
My PC has an integrated nvidia card which doesn't respond well to the open
source drivers. So I use a proprietary one.
I'm also a dedicated startx user who can't stand gui login screens. I boot
to a virtual console (such as traditionally found at runlevel 3) And when/if
I'm ready to use a gui, I copy the appropriate file to ~/.xinitrc... Since I
don't do well with fine print I tend to use vga=normal so that my console
screens are easy to deal with. This results in a default xserver screen
mode of 1280x1024, which with kde, xfce and e17 I can set to the 1024x786
that works out well for my eyes.
However if e16 has a screen resolution tool, I can't find it. I think the
traditional way to overide the default screen resolution was to edit the
mode line(s) in the xorg.conf... I'm no expert at configuring an xorg.conf
however. But if I found a line in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf like this:
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360"
"320x240"
I'd try changing it to this:
Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360"
"320x240"
Unfortunately of all my installed linux only PCLinuxOS has any such mode
lines in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf... And PCLinuxOS doesn't have e16 in their
repo. The xorg.conf found in my Arch and Xubuntu installations don't seem
to use such lines, And my OpenSuSE 11.3 doesn't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf,
but appears to use a system of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf files instead.
None of which currently contain any mode lines like the above.
Could sombody tell me how I can get e16 to use a screen resolution of
1024x768 instead of 1280x1024????
I suppose I could try adding the mode line to the current screen sections
of Arch's and Xubuntu's xorg.conf, right after the depth line of each
'Subsection "Display"' within it. Maybe that would work but I haven't a clue
what to do for the OpenSuSE one that doesn't seem to use an xorg.conf. I
mean it's /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d screen.conf only says:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Default Device"
## Doesn't help for radeon/radeonhd drivers; use magic in
## 50-device.conf instead
Monitor "Default Monitor"
EndSection
So if the above concept of inserting mode lines in the xorg.conf
files works, Where would I put the mode line for the OpenSuSE's
xorg.conf.d set up? Or is there a different method I should know about???
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