Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem

2009-09-15 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 15 September 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: > Mick writes: > >> Subsection "Display" > >> Depth 24 > >> Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > >> Virtual 2048 1536 > >> ViewPort0 0 > >> EndSubsection > >> EndSection > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem

2009-09-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick writes: >> Subsection "Display" >> Depth 24 >> Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >> Virtual 2048 1536 >> ViewPort0 0 >> EndSubsection >> EndSection >> >> [...] > > Sure, but we're talking about setting modelines and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem

2009-09-14 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 15 September 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: > Mick writes: > >> On my old computer it detected the highest resolution as 1280x1024, > >> but could actually do 1600x1200 with no problems. I had to create a > >> custom Modeline and put it in xorg.conf - this was before the HAL > >> revolution.

[gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem

2009-09-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick writes: >> On my old computer it detected the highest resolution as 1280x1024, >> but could actually do 1600x1200 with no problems. I had to create a >> custom Modeline and put it in xorg.conf - this was before the HAL >> revolution. I've got no idea if modelines still belong in xorg.conf or

[gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem

2009-09-14 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/14/2009 02:22 PM, David Relson wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:57:41 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: ...[snip]... Several obvious questions arise: _Why_ did X select a different resolution today? _How_ can I get to the higher resolution? _What_ can I do to prevent a recurren

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem

2009-09-14 Thread David Relson
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:57:41 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: ...[snip]... > > Several obvious questions arise: > > > > _Why_ did X select a different resolution today? > > _How_ can I get to the higher resolution? > > _What_ can I do to prevent a recurrence of this problem? > > Don't

[gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem

2009-09-14 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/14/2009 03:59 AM, David Relson wrote: G'day, I'm running Xorg with a minimal config file (only 15 lines - which provide font paths and set the AllowMouseOpenFail option). When I last restarted my computer (about 3 months ago), X came up in 1280x1024 mode. Today I restarted X (because the