On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 11:40 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> > There is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This is in line with >> > current practice of >> > trying to avoid it wherever possible. That's it's >> > not necessary is >> > demonstrated by the fact the 1440x900 mode works perfectly >> > once I tell >> > KDE to use it. The problem is that KDE forgets. >> >> I did not know that KDE 4 had Alzheimer :( >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer's_disease >> >> The session does not get saved, that is one problem that you have. > > No it isn't. You're confusing me with someone else. My session saves > perfectly. > >> But as for the xorg.conf, you decide that you do not like it, then you >> assume the consequences, the Modes lines fixes the situation, but you do not >> like the medicine :( In rawhide, sometimes removing xorg.conf is necessary, >> but here you should not resort to that. > > It may well fix it, but that doesn't mean there isn't a bug in KDE. Let > me clarify the exact details: > > * On first installing KDE4 it fired up in 4x3 mode. > * I went to Settings->Display and configured it for 16x9 mode. This took > effect immediately and worked fine. > * On logging out and in again, it reverts to 4x3 mode (and my saved > session windows are stretched). > * On invoking Settings->Display the "Resize and Rotate Your Display" > dialogue appears appears, showing 1440x900 (i.e. 16x9) and *without me > touching anything* the screen immediately resizes to 16x9. I then have > to resize my session windows to fit. > > i.e. KDE *knows* the screen is 1440x900, it just doesn't set it up > correctly until poked.
I don't think this is KDE at work, The is kxrandy or what ever it is called. And it is normally not permanent. Use system-config-display to set your resolution as you would like it. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
