[Bradford] Linux Mint screen resolution

[Brian A]

I have recently switched to Mint 17 Cinnamon, my bother runs Mint 13
Cinnamon. I've not experienced the problem you describe.

There is a GUI for mdm if that is any use.
Run as:
sudo mdmsetup

Also, either by that application, or by logging out and changing the login
setting, you can see what happens if you change to Cinnamon - software
rendering. It can be set to do this as a 'once only'.

The problem you describe used to be common on Ubuntu. Mucking around with
xorg.conf usually solved the problem but it all boils down to the driver.
Thankfully we don't see that problem now. You could see if the the (Menu)
 'Administration>Driver Manager' is any help but mine just reported that no
proprietary drivers were in use and gave no options for any.

'Preferences>Displays' gives lots of resolution options on my installation
but I assume that is not helping on yours.

Brian





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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