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From: Nils Larsson <nisselarsson@××××.se>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:18:17
Message-Id: 201004281617.12068.nisselarsson@home.se
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Constraining X display resolutions by Peter Humphrey
1 måndag 26 april 2010 13:57:56 skrev Peter Humphrey:
2 > Hello list,
3 >
4 > My monitor is 1600 x 1200 but I like to run it at 1400 x 1050 (anno
5 > domini etc.). So far, though, KDE 4 doesn't remember the resolution at
6 > shutdown so it restarts at 1600 x 1200. I have to go through the
7 > rigmarole of setting it again every time I log in. I have raised a bug
8 > report but I don't suppose it's very high on anyone's list.
9 >
10 > Meanwhile, is there an entry I can make in xorg.conf, or elsewhere, to
11 > force KDE to display just the single resolution, 1400 x 1050?
12
13 If you're using a kernel with kernel mode setting enabled you can add
14 the video= parameter to the kernel command line in grub.cfg(or
15 menu.lst). So if you set video=1400x1050, X will think that's the highest
16 resolution it can set.