Wrong size screen

[Jerry Lapham]

On Saturday 22 August 2009 5:18:09 am Mark Greenwood wrote:

> On Friday 21 Aug 2009 21:12:08 Jerry Lapham wrote:
> > On Sunday I picked up one of the Walmart special $348 Toshiba Satellite
> > L355-S7915  17 inch laptops.  I have Kubuntu 9.04 installed and when it
> > boots it comes up in 1024x768 screen size.  I have System
> > Settings->Display set to 1440x900 and when I go to it, the screen
> > immediately jumps to 1440x900 but then I have to widen the toolbar, which
> > is a real pain.
> >
> > Any ideas how to make it come up in 1440x900 to begin with?
> >
> > 	-Jerry
>
> Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add the resolution under the Monitor section,
> eg:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
>         Option "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
> EndSection
>
> Mark

That worked.  Thanks.

	-Jerry
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