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On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:03:17 +0800 |
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William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 11:13 +1000, Adam Carter wrote: |
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> > Also check out xrandr, run it without parameters to see what modes |
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> > it knows about, then use -s 1280x1024 to set that mode. I have no |
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> > idea how this interacts with the other options, but IIRC when I set |
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> > my old laptop to 1600x1200 in xorg.conf it was ignored and xrandr |
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> > worked and was persistant. |
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> > |
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> xrandr is part of the problem - it doesnt list the modes that used to |
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> be available (or that both the monitor and videocard have for that |
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> matter), only the ones that xorg *thinks* are available (and it |
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> doesnt seem to think very hard about it), which I am convinced is set |
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> by Alan's "toss of a coin" method. |
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Let me phrase the situation a bit differently. xorg tossed its coin |
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and decided that 1024x768 is the best that my Radeon x1200 can do. |
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xrandr is reporting what xorg has already decided, i.e. is a follower, |
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not a leader. |
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