monitor question

Konstantinos Togias ktogias at math.upatras.gr
Sat Oct 7 15:44:08 UTC 2006


On 10/7/06, Dieter Schicker <dieter.schicker at uni-graz.at> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when I boot Ubuntu without turning on the monitor and _then_ turn on the
> monitor it comes up with a resolution of 640x480 (my default resolution
> is 1280x1024). What can I do that it comes up with the right resolution?
> (in other words: Can I turn off monitor probing on bootup?)
>
> Thanks
> Dieter
>
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You can put into the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file the vertrefresh and
horizsync of your monitor, so X will not try to automatically probe
it. Read this thread
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2006-September/094818.html
for more details.

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Konstantinos Togias
University Of Patras
Dept. of Mathematics




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