On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:36 +1000 Adam Carter wrote: > Also check out xrandr, run it without parameters to see what modes it > knows about, then use -s 1280x1024 to set that mode. I have no idea > how this interacts with the other options, but IIRC when I set my old > laptop to 1600x1200 in xorg.conf it was ignored and xrandr worked and > was persistant.
xrandr output is below. Video resolution _is_ at the maximum it thinks is legitimate. Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 1024 VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 353mm x 265mm 1024x768 85.0 85.0 75.1 75.0 70.1 60.0* 43.5 832x624 74.6 800x600 85.0 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 640x480 85.0 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9 720x400 85.0 640x400 85.1 640x350 85.1 HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
