On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 06:21:40PM +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote: > modelines from the xorg.conf are more and more ignored, that's the big > plan of ATI/AMD. :-)
yukk. why do they do this? xorg.conf is a standard and _working_ solution for this... > Could you try it out with aticonfig (command line application) and > amdcccle (gui) please? > It has it own prop. config for such things.. - switched to 1400x1050 using xrender - ran amdcccle, 1400x1050 was listed there as "desktop area" - logout, xserver restarted (as setup in gdm) - server came up with 1024x768 - cursed a lot, shutdown the laptop, unplugged power - < some hours of work in the office > - returned home, replugged power, switched on laptop - server came up with 1400x1050 - WTF?! Xorg.0.log showed: (II) fglrx(0): Restoring recent mode: 1400x1...@60hz where does fglrx take this information from? and: I am pretty sure that before the update, the screen was running at its native resolution. is 1024x768 some default hardcoded in fglrx? -- c u henning -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

