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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I'm also guessing there is some kind of replacement that I need to |
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>> learn about if it effects my longtime reliance on xorg.conf to keep |
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>> using my huge desktops I like to use. For yrs I've |
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>> used. |
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>> Subsection "Display" |
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>> Depth 24 |
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>> Modes "1280x1024" #"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" |
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>> Virtual 2048 1536 |
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>> ViewPort 0 0 |
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>> EndSubsection |
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>> EndSection |
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>> in /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
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>> To get a 2048x1536 desktop to flop around on. |
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>> I've never seen or heard of a way to get that without using xorg.conf. |
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> I think you would use xrandr to set it, or your desktop environment's |
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> GUI settings panel (or equivalent). |
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Also, I think if you still need to use an xorg.conf file if you want |
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to use the proprietary NVIDIA or ATI drivers. If you're using the |
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standard xorg drivers then it should all probe and configure |
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automagically. In theory. :) |
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