From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MnNfn-0003HH-EP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:21:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 12E0BE0B32; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:21:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.osagesoftware.com (osagesoftware.com [216.144.204.42]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0272E0B32 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from osage.osagesoftware.com (osage.osagesoftware.com [192.168.1.10]) by mail.osagesoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76F7366A; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:21:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:21:37 -0400 From: David Relson To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: billk@iinet.net.au Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Screen resolution problem Message-ID: <20090914222137.243a754b@osage.osagesoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <1252980197.23332.350.camel@rattus> References: <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118D0146A2EF7F@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> <1252980197.23332.350.camel@rattus> Organization: Osage Software Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9e3ca763-fd54-4c88-af05-0889fe63603c X-Archives-Hash: 7097539400e4cb08f0584acdb1e52a02 On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:03:17 +0800 William Kenworthy wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 11:13 +1000, Adam Carter wrote: > > Also check out xrandr, run it without parameters to see what modes > > it knows about, then use -s 1280x1024 to set that mode. I have no > > idea how this interacts with the other options, but IIRC when I set > > my old laptop to 1600x1200 in xorg.conf it was ignored and xrandr > > worked and was persistant. > > > > xrandr is part of the problem - it doesnt list the modes that used to > be available (or that both the monitor and videocard have for that > matter), only the ones that xorg *thinks* are available (and it > doesnt seem to think very hard about it), which I am convinced is set > by Alan's "toss of a coin" method. Let me phrase the situation a bit differently. xorg tossed its coin and decided that 1024x768 is the best that my Radeon x1200 can do. xrandr is reporting what xorg has already decided, i.e. is a follower, not a leader.