Foolproof fix for screen resolution?

[NoOp]

On 09/05/2008 09:32 PM, Burgoo King wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
> 
>> Nothing is foolproof; I'd recommend right-clicking Applications then
>> select "Edit Menus", and under "Other" check the box for "Screens and
>> Graphics". 
> 
> This is a promising approach but it has not worked.  I keep ending up 
> with an 800x600 screen regardless of what selections I make, even when I 
> was able to select the desired 1280x768.  A couple of combinations of 
> screen resolution, etc. resulted in a huge desktop, much bigger than the 
> screen, but mostly it goes to 800x600.
> 
> After about 40 tries, I've rebooted to recovery mode and got back to 
> 1680x1050, which has the right screen proportions but is hard for me to 
> read.
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion...any other ideas for how to get 1280x768?

If you go back to the 'Applications|Other|Screens and Graphics' and
reset the resolution there it will create an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for
you like the old Gutsy xorg.conf's. From there you may be able to modify
to get a proper 1280x768. In particular, look in the 'Section "Screen"'
and 'Virtual'; make sure it is set to 1280 768. Note: look in 'Modes'
directly underneath that to make sure you also have 1280x768@<frequency>
where <frequency> is the proper frequency for your monitor. According to
this:

<http://reviews.cnet.com/lcd-monitors/samsung-syncmaster-204bw/4507-3174_7-32081063.html>

the max resolution is  1680 x 1050 / 60 Hz but the Max Sync rates are
75 Hz x 81 KHz.

Over the past few days I've been rebuilding some discarded (recycled)
Windows computers & in the process I would find that if I set a high
1024x768 rate for the monitor I was using the fonts would be blurry at
85hz, but would come in clear as could be at 75hz. So, try a few
combinations to see if you can get the right one.