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From: Jacques Montier <jacques.montier@×××××××××××.fr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xfce and screen resolution
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:28:52
Message-Id: 49EA0DA6.3000106@numericable.fr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xfce and screen resolution by Robert Bridge
1 Robert Bridge a gentiment tapote:
2 > Michael Sullivan wrote:
3 >> A few months ago my wife switched from gnome to xfce because gnome was
4 >> just too slow. I performed the X upgrade on her computer last night, and
5 >> now she can't get her usual screen resolution of 1024x768 because it's
6 >> not on "the list". Is there a way I can get it on "the list"? She
7 >> doesn't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, as the upgrade guide
8 >> recommended getting rid of it. Several sites on the 'Net suggested
9 >> using the xf86Config file, but she doesn't seem to have one.
10 >
11 > Is there an entry, default, at the top of the list? What resolution is
12 > it using for that?
13 >
14 > I had a similar problem with XFCE until I realised that "default" was
15 > the setting I wanted.
16 >
17 > RobbieAB
18 >
19 >
20 I think that the default setting in Xfce depends on the first Mode in
21 the Subsection "Display" of xorg.conf.
22 But i may be wrong...
23
24 --
25 Jacques

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Re: [gentoo-user] xfce and screen resolution Robert Bridge <robert@××××××××.com>