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 1MnWRX-0004nq-Hd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:43:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9445E0866; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:43:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82FB2E0866 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:43:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230C965C25 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:43:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.474 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.474 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.875, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id G8E8q9Qv3I0e for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741A36739B for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:43:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MnWRI-0002dQ-GP for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:43:16 +0200 Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:43:16 +0200 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:43:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Screen resolution problem Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:42:36 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <873a6ol9hv.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <20090913205928.5154bf74@osage.osagesoftware.com> <200909142240.39116.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <87bpldko0w.fsf@newsguy.com> <200909150629.16426.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> 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 X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wnTHA+jbGpvOsXKULqMpvC3t75k= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 7df6ff32-e26f-437a-a5a2-ea95669682d6 X-Archives-Hash: f37bdddf7fe4e368b12f97ff960cb79b Mick writes: >> Subsection "Display" >> Depth 24 >> Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >> Virtual 2048 1536 >> ViewPort 0 0 >> EndSubsection >> EndSection >> >> [...] > > Sure, but we're talking about setting modelines and what not in one of the new > *.fdi files which use xml notation, not the old xorg.conf Ahh not exactly... >From OP >Several obvious questions arise: > > _Why_ did X select a different resolution today? > _How_ can I get to the higher resolution? > _What_ can I do to prevent a recurrence of this problem? > My suggestion would likely solve all three