On 12/6/05, Jonathan Daugherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # So my question is--why is Gnome loading in 800x600 resolution, when > # I don't have it set differently in this file? What am I missing > # here? > > Look at your X log in /var/log/; it may contain messages about how the > modes you've requested are not supported by your monitor, which means > either your monitor doesn't support those resolutions or X doesn't > know enough about your monitor to make an informed decision. For > example, in my xorg.conf file I have: > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Generic Monitor" > Option "DPMS" > HorizSync 31-80 > VertRefresh 56-75 > EndSection > > The sync / refresh rates are in the monitor's manual. "Option 'DPMS'" > is enough for some monitors, but I always specify the rates manually > to be sure that X works correctly.
Another option, in case Ubuntu's X configuration messed something up, is to back-up /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak and then run X -configure (as root, I believe). That will put a xorg.conf in whatever directory you run X -configure in. See what the file has in it, and compare to your backed-up one. Taking a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log probably is not a bad idea either (with both files, if they are different). Thanks, Nish _______________________________________________ PDXLUG (a Portland Linux user group) mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug IRC: irc.freenode.net #pdxlug & #orlug
