[Sussex] Resolutions

[John D.]

Ronan Chilvers wrote:
> Hi Mark
>
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:09:50 +0100
> "Mark Harrison (Groups)" <mph at ascentium.co.uk> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 10:56 +0100, Ronan Chilvers wrote:
>> I'm also using Hoary, and can't make it go wrong :-(
>>     
>
> It is good isn't it!!!  Debian with whizzy bits!!!
>
>   
>> I assume that you're using the standard GUI tool on
>> System/Preferences/Screen Resolution, and the drop down just doesn't
>> include 1280x1024 (which is what I'm running at.)
>>     
>
> You're right that the dropdown doesn't show 1280x1024, but I'm
> directly editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf. The resolution problem happens
> even with GDM, before I've got anywhere near the gnome desktop, so its a
> fundamental X oddity as far as I can see.
>
>   
>> I'm wondering what Hoary is detecting your graphics card as, though?
>>     
>
> Device Manager is showing the correct card details so everything seems
> to be happily seeing everything else, they're just not doing what I
> tell 'em...  or maybe they are and I'm telling 'em the wrong things
> somewhere - more likely!!!
Ronan,

I'm not the right person too help. My linux knowledge and very small 
postage stamps come to mind - Oh and I've never used Ubuntu.

But I recall having resolution problems previously with Mandrake (sure, 
I know it's not Ubuntu Hoary),  and I ended up having to use the GUI 
selection of "res settings" somewhere in kde to tell it that I didn't 
want it to use virtual desktop space and then that seemed to enable me 
to "force" the correct resolution - though the mode lines I had set 
where auto generated (I don't know enough to start changing stuff like 
that!).

I'm presuming that the "Hoary" is using gnome, but surely there must be 
something similar in gnome ?????

regards

John D.

p.s. Sorry if thats a pointless suggestion, but it came to mind, because 
the resolution that I was trying to get???? Yup, 1280 X 1024