Dnia wtorek, 10 maja 2011 o 10:05:39 Werner Scheinast napisał(a): > On 06.05.11 Křištof Želechovski wrote: > > > Currently the algorithm for video mode selection prefers the highest > > resolution. Would it be possible to change it to prefer the highest > > refresh rate? Also, I know that I can use systemsettings to change the > > resolution in KDE, but what do I do in a twm session? Chris > > The most basic way to do this is the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf > If you don't have such, create it by calling from the console > X -configure > ... when Xorg is _not_ running. You may do a »init 3« to deactivate a > running Xorg (and activate it later again by »init 5«). > Move the newly created file /root/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/ > > Edit the file and change the »Section Screen«, which looks like this in my > case: > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1152x864" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > You see, the first resolution to select is 1600x1200. If I wanted 1024x768 > to be the first, I just would change the order here. > You can search in the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log for lines containing the > word »Modeline« to see which resolutions are supported by your monitor. > Usually for every supported resolution Xorg takes the highest possible > frequency. > > Okay, this was very short now; don't hesitate to ask again. ;-) > Werner
This is all good and well, except that it takes us several years back. If I change the monitor attached to the graphics card, I have to repeat the process. I think it would be reasonable to expect the X server to pick the highest resolution for the highest frequency, not the other way round. Or at least to be configurable to do so. Chris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
