attempting use of KVM switch a disaster

[Dan Allen]

I had this same sort of problem when I set my computers up through a USB KVM
switch. It would ignore my preference for 1280x1024 and use 800x600 instead.
The problem seemed to be that through the KVM, Ubuntu couldn't detect the
proper refresh rate, so it would failover to the default settings. Try
editing your xorg.conf and only use the resolution you want with the correct
refresh rate for your monitor, that's what fixed it for me.


From: George E Noon <george.noon at comcast.net>
>

When I tried to use the Ubuntu machine with the KZM attached, it
> acted as though it had suddenly been connected to an unsupportable
> monitor -- wanted to reduce my resolution from the 1024X768 I've been
> using quite successfully to 800X600 - and when I clicked that rather
> than quitting, it went to a black terminal screen telling me way too
> much very technical detail - basically saying it couldn't continue..
>
>
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