On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:03:17 +0800 William Kenworthy wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 11:13 +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 is part of the problem - it doesnt list the modes that used to > be available (or that both the monitor and videocard have for that > matter), only the ones that xorg *thinks* are available (and it > doesnt seem to think very hard about it), which I am convinced is set > by Alan's "toss of a coin" method.
Let me phrase the situation a bit differently. xorg tossed its coin and decided that 1024x768 is the best that my Radeon x1200 can do. xrandr is reporting what xorg has already decided, i.e. is a follower, not a leader.
