Screen resolution loop [help!]

[NoOp]

On 09/28/2008 10:19 PM, Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:

> When I had this problem I tried both my monitors.  My desktop system now 
> uses a Sun Microsystems 21" monitor and my laptop now uses a 19" Dell 
> Monitor.  Neither were detected by X.org during installation and thus 
> the whole 640x480 resolution limit problem.
> 
> Running displayconfig-gtk is a way to get around it, but I found that it 
> did weird things to my login screen.  Basically it would only display 
> the top left half of the screen, just enough to login with, and the rest 
> were off screen.  

The fix for that is to adjust your "Sreen" section accordingly - example:

	Monitor		"MegaImage 17"
	Defaultdepth	16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth	16
		Virtual	1024	768

The "Virtual" gets set to some odd setting - change it to your normal
setting and your login screen will go back to that setting.
[snip]

> Would the xfix correct the problem with the login screen I mentioned?  

Yes.

> If it does I could recommend it to others I know who have this issue 
> after correcting their resolution problems with displayconfig-gtk. 
> 

Those conflict. xfix will set the xorg.conf back to the automagic
no-detail settings. Displayconfig-gtk will set xorg.conf to the old,
detailed file.