A.G. wrote:
Holly Bostick wrote:
Robert G. Siebeck wrote:
Hi,
I use x.org 6.8.0 and KDE 3.3.2.
In KDE control centre under devices - display I get the message that
my X server needs RANDR (Resize and Rotate), which is needed to change
the display resolution.
Actually RandR is supported and activated. In /var/log/Xorg.0.log I
found the following line:
(==) RandR enabled
Why doesn't KDE allow me to change the resolution via the control
centre?
I'm using ati-drivers 8.8.25, maybe it's got something to do with that?
Probably-- I'm using the mostly the same setup (KDE 3.3.2 and ati
8.10.19 drivers), but under SuSE 9.2, and the message is the same in
my configuration center. So it probably is a KDE/ATI conflict, as Wine
has no problem changing resolution when needed (using the RANDR
extension), and if Wine can't change it back (because of a crash), I
can use CTRL+Alt++ to resize the desktop to normal resolution.
However, these keys do not work under normal operation (if the
resolution has not been changed by other means and I am changing it
back).
So RANDR does work to some degree, as Wine can use it, but for
normal use, it does not seem to-- and that definitely sounds like an
ATI driver issue to me, fwiw. I don't usually change resolutions on
the fly, so I don't know if it would work with other WMs, but it
certainly does not with KDE. Maybe somebody else can confirm if it
works with nVidia or other cards (Matrox, for instance).
Nor with nvidia and same configuration
I have an nvidia card, and randr works great from KDE. I use the taskbar
icon, not Control Center. I also have a i815 chipset that randr works
well with, and an ATI Mobility M chipset that it works well with. Perhaps
your xorg needs to be recompiled or something?
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