[Novalug] screen resolution for an LCD screen

Beartooth beartooth@Beartooth.Info
Sat Mar 14 14:57:34 EDT 2009


On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Nino Pereira wrote:

> I have an LCD screen that I can switch to two different computers
> running Ubuntu (and a Windows computer, don't ask). The older
> computer, which got Ubuntu installed fairly recently, seems to
> know that the screen can handle a resolution of 1680 by 1050.
> The newer computer (which I got indirectly through this mailing
> list) is somehow restricted to a resolution of 1280 by 1024:
> this is the highest resolution  offered in the
> gui (System > Preferences > Screen Resolution).
>
> Googling for this topic I get to pages that tell you how to
> edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I get the necessary information
> for the 'modeline' from 'gtf 1680 1050 60 -v', I remove all
> other modelines so that there is only one  the system can read.
> But, I don't get the resolution I expect (and want).
>
> I suspect that there's another file somewhere that is read,
> while xorg.conf is being ignored.

 	It came up recently that Fedora 10 ignores xorg.conf by 
default (though it can still use it if told); maybe Ubuntu does, 
too. Does Ubuntu have the system-config-display command 
(doubtless with sudo) or something of the sort? My 1680x1050 was 
a real can of worms for a while, and that was one of the hammers 
I pounded on it with.

-- 
Beartooth Bookworm, Cantankerous Curmudgeon
I have never owned a television. Nor wanted to.



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