[Bradford] Linux Mint screen resolution

[John R. Hudson]

It's a newish Intel driver - that is why I am using Mint as it is the
only distro that recognises it in Live mode and in the login screen - it
is only after if leaves the login screen that it downgrades.

John
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On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 22:53 +0100, David Carpenter wrote:
> Hi John
> 
> What do you know about the video card/driver - I've had trouble with
> nvidia gforce inside - but eventually the drivers and alternative
> drivers have caught up over the years - I've certainly ended up with
> 800x600 displays at various times in the past - proprietary drivers
> have often fixed it I'm afraid.
> 
> Not sure I can suggest much else - but I googled this:
> http://debrislinux.org/index.php?topic=215.new
> 
> good luck
> 
> Cheers
> David
> 
> On 3 July 2014 21:50, John R. Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I've got myself a Toshiba notepad on which I have put Linux Mint.
> > However, after it has gone through the login screen, the screen
> > resolution drops from its normal resolution to 800X600 and I haven't
> > been able to do anything about it.
> >
> > I followed an old post about adding xorg.conf but that did not make any
> > difference and then I found that mdm.conf is virtually empty. Apart from
> > defaults.conf I haven't been able to find any documentation for mdm.
> >
> > Also I haven't been able to find anything on the web about people having
> > similar problems.
> >
> > So if anyone has had any experience of editing mdm.conf, their wisdom
> > will be gratefully received.
> >
> > John
> > --
> >
> >
> >
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