laptop's attached screen resolution.

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Wednesday 12 December 2007 10:02:46 am Hugh Sasse wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 December 2007 07:02:29 am Hugh Sasse wrote:
> > > I'm using a Toshiba ["satellite pro"?] laptop plugged into an LCD
> > > monitor.  When I boot I see the Kubuntu logo plus the progress bar
> > > in the middle of the screen.  Then the screen goes blank, and I get
> > > the login screen.  Unlike on the laptop itself, this appears
> > > stretched so that the boxes for the username and password are just
> > > off the bottom of the screen, towards the right hand side.  This
>
>         [...]
>
> > Hmm . . . . Does sound familiar.  I have an older KVM where I have to
> > adjust the monitor's screen settings when I flip from a Windoze box to my
> > Linux box.
> >
> > Try plugging the monitor directly into the Laptop (bypass the KVM).
> > Boot into Kubuntu and see what happens.
> >
> > Another issue may be that you have your laptop open, and the laptop
> > screen is
>
> The laptop screen is blank when the monitor is plugged in.
>
> > the primary.   You may need to find the "Function" or modifier keystroke
> > to make the external monitor the primary.   This will allow the external
> > Monitor's resolution to rule the day.
> >
> > Once you plug the laptop into the monitor like that, try switching to a
> > console session (by hitting [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F2] ) and logging in.
>
> Did that, and was able to add the correct resolution to the xorg.conf
> file, and all was well after a reboot.  [Probably a reboot wouldn't be
> necessary, but it was The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work.]
>
> > You could edit your xorg.conf file and manually add a resolution that
> > should be supported by your monitor at that point.
>
>   1024 x 768
>
>   Now I have issues about the real mouse being intermittent.
>         Thank you,
>         Hugh

So, the mouse is also plugged straight in?  

I want to make sure I have this right, when you bypassed the KVM, you were 
able to set the resolution, and it works.  Does it still work after plugging 
back into the KVM?

The mouse could be faulty, or if its cordless like mine, it could have 
distance issues with the receiver, or batteries.

-- 
See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!