On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:04 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Camaleón, > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:35:16 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote: > > IM(admittedly limted)E, if X doesn't get the resolution right, xrandr > > won't be able to detect it any better. > To be sincere, nowadays that X in "dinamically" setup, I'm not sure. My experience relates to now. However, what I'm seeing is an improvement on what I got about 6 months ago, when X woudn't even start on this hardware. > I had previous experiences with xorg configuration that couldn't > properly detect the display resolution but just by forcing it (writing > up in xorg.conf file) it just worked :-? Which is what I'll be doing tonight, probably. > Also, using a digital output -DVI instead VGA- (if available) can help > X to detect the screen size and adjust it accordingly. Sadly, not an option; No DVI o/p on this machine. > Another thing to look into is the driver in use. Different drivers > deliver different results. Yes, I know that not everyone likes using > closed drivers but is just another option to test. I'm not that bothered about whenther I use nv or nvidia, so yes, that opens another avenue for me to explore. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" To the ends of the earth, you look for sense in it No Time To Be 21 - The Adverts
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