On Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:13:45 NZDT +1300, Derek Smithies wrote: > Then I got a new computer, and there was not space for an extra > monitor/keyboard/mouse. So, I put this new computer on a KVM with the > AMD64 computer. Now, the AMD64 computer came up with only 640x480.
Do I understand correctly that, when connecting through a KVM, the system drops the monitor resolution to nothing with the same xorg.conf file? > xorg.conf is, in my view, broken as it does not allow the user to force a > higher resolution, except by manually fixing the modeline. What's actually happening? Is xorg thinking that a new monitor has been connected (as the monitor is invisible through the KVM), looks for a new/default monitor setting, doesn't find one, and defaults to least common denominator? Not necessarly a bad defensive strategy, you could have connected a 20 year old clunker which would let the smoke out if xorg was running it at 1600x1200. Rather than entering modelines manually, you'd be faster to enter the monitor's actual hsync/vsync rates manually, which your system tool should also let you do at 640x480. > The bit that > annoyed me the most: the new computer is a windows machine, which > worked fine with the KVM. Perhaps it stored the monitor parameters for future use. If you connected a small monitor, things might go belly-up. Which do you prefer? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
