9.10 and fixed X resolution?

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Freitag, den 21.08.2009, 15:44 -0400 schrieb stan:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 04:03:29PM +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > Am Freitag, den 21.08.2009, 09:43 -0400 schrieb stan:
> > > X comes up in a very low resolution/color config. In years past the
> > > resolution, and color depth was specifed in te`he Xserver config file, but
> > > these days it seems to get auto detected, when X starts up.
> > 
> > have a look at
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-mobile/2009-July/002546.html
> > 
> If I understand that article corectly, it allows one to change the
> resolution _after_ the VirtualBox is up. Unfortunately, in my case that's
> too late, as Windows has already configured based upon the low res/low
> color setup. I really need X to come up in a reasonable res on the TTY,
> even though the machine does not have a monitor connectd. I suspect that
> what I need to do is put a nodeline entry in the X config file. I supose,
> in theroy I could use a 2nd X config file for just this tty, but I would as
> soon the main X session came up in a decent res when this machine is
> rebooted, as well.
just work out the xrandr line needed for your proper resolution and put
it into an X startup script
i.e. /etc/X11/Xsession.d/45custom_xrandr-settings

ciao
	oli
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