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From: Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xfce and screen resolution
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:05:37
Message-Id: 1240085133.21693.55.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xfce and screen resolution by Robert Bridge
1 On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 18:03 +0100, Robert Bridge wrote:
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 >
12 > Is there an entry, default, at the top of the list? What resolution is
13 > it using for that?
14 >
15 I don't know what resolution default is. It doesn't say. How do I
16 find out?
17 > I had a similar problem with XFCE until I realised that "default" was
18 > the setting I wanted.
19 >
20 > RobbieAB
21 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] xfce and screen resolution Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org>