On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 19:32:16 -0500 <[email protected]> wrote: > I've installed other distros in separate Gnome Boxes to try them out. > Once the desktop manager for the Fedora installation comes up, the > screen resolution is 1024x768. > > The full-screen resolution which the virtual monitor supports, is > 1920x1002 and almost full-screen is 1920x1080. In trying to get the > desktop to come up in this resolution, I have tried an xorg.conf file, > as well as in the distro's session settings, to add (under Autostart): > > xrandr --output Virtual-0 --mode 1920x1002 (and) > xrandr --output Virtual-0 --mode 1920x1002 --rate 59.9609 > > I've also added vga=xxx to the boot parameter with the hex code that > is closest to this resolution and also tried a different code for > 1920x1080. > > None of the above will bring up the desktop/desktop manager in the > desired resolution. > > FWIW, I also have two other distros in separate Gnome Boxes: PCLinuxOS > (which is based on OpenMandriva) and Lubuntu. With both of these, I > get full screen, or almost full-screen, certainly better than > 1024x768. > > I don't understand why the other two distros will honor monitor > settings, while Fedora doesn't. I have to keep changing it to > 1920x1002 after the desktop appears each time. > > Would there be anything else I could try? > > Thanks in advance.
Upon a re-install of the image, the virtual monitor resolution is now persistent between reboots. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
