Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up: Video mode and booting with KVM switch

[Walter Dnes]

Thanks for the ideas.  "video=VGA-1:1920x1080@60" (as indicated by
xrandr) didn't work well.  The text console showed 2 copies of the
screen side-by each.  Imagine working with the "screen" or "tmux"
program, or the vim ":vsplit" command.  And it was offset 3/4 inch down
and to the right.  X Window showed only one image, but the down and
right shift was still there.  I couldn't see the autoraising menubar at
the bottom of the screen in ICEWM, so it was unusable.

  "video=VGA-1:1920x1080@60m", where the "m" is to allow some margin in
the calculations, got rid of the double image in text console, but the
down and right shift was still there in both the text console, and X.

  I tried sticking "xrandr -s 1920x1080" in my .xinitrc.  It "works",
but the fonts are noticably "fatter" after a disconnected boot versus
a connected boot.

  I ran "cp /sys/class/drm/card0/card0-VGA-1/edid my_edid.bin" and I'll
try loading it in the kernel later today.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications