xrandr does not find modes defined in xorg.conf

[Carsten Aulbert]

Hi Nils,

Nils wrote:
> I have a strange problem on a T43p Laptop with Edgy on it. When I
> execute xrandr --query, it only shows the current resolution, but not
> these in xorg.conf. I'm not sure where xrandr gets the resultions
> from, but I don't think it's xorg.conf.

I guess xrandr talks directly with the X server, my output on a T43p is

xrandr --query
 SZ:    Pixels          Physical       Refresh
*0   1600 x 1200   ( 402mm x 302mm )  *60
 1   1280 x 1024   ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 2   1152 x 864    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 3   1024 x 768    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 4    848 x 480    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 5    800 x 600    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 6    720 x 576    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 7    640 x 480    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 8    640 x 400    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 9    640 x 350    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 10   512 x 384    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 11   400 x 300    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 12   320 x 240    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
 13   320 x 200    ( 402mm x 302mm )   60
Current rotation - normal
Current reflection - none
Rotations possible - normal
Reflections possible - none

Which version of the t43p do you have (the one with the finger print
scanner or without[1])?

> Another problem i have is that i cannot change the resolutions with
> ctrl-alt-+/-. I'm not sure if KDE is blocking or if it's a problem if
> the +/- is not on a numeric keypad (since it's a laptop..).

What is the output of
grep Modes /etc/X11/xorg.conf

If there is just a single resolution per mode, you cannot change at all.

HTH

Carsten

[1] I've quite a few problems with the T43p without the scanner coming
with an Atheros based WLAN. I recently swapped to another T43p with the
scanner and an Intel W/Pro based WLAN which runs much better with Edgy,
e.g. suspend2ram finally works.