Re: Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2017-07-11 Thread D Geis
In case anyone else finds this through an internet search, I've figure out how to make the fix work; gdm3 uses the 'monitors.xml' format that gnome3 uses, so if you are set to a different desktop manager (cinnamon, in my case) the fix won't work. Solution: In the gdm login, click the gear and

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 28 November 2015 06:40:57 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > So the wiki might better have said "stop any X servers running on your > machine" -- and then proceed to explain what that means and how to > achieve that. It is a Wiki. ;-) Lisi

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-27 Thread Alan Chandler
On 27/11/15 10:46, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 11/25/15, Alan Chandler wrote: My desktop Debian Jessie PC just got a new monitor to replace an old one that failed. Because the new one is bigger than my previous main monitor, I have swapped them round so that my

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-27 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 11/27/15, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 27/11/15 10:46, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >> On 11/25/15, Alan Chandler wrote: >>> >>> But gdm3 has decided it is going to come up on the secondary monitor. >>> Once the desktop starts the order of the

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-27 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 07:40:43PM -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > +++ > If xorg.conf is missing for some reason, Xorg will probe your hardware > on every startup [...] > Switch to a console as root (not a terminal emulator in X), then run: > > #

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-27 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 11/25/15, Alan Chandler wrote: > My desktop Debian Jessie PC just got a new monitor to replace an old > one that failed. Because the new one is bigger than my previous main > monitor, I have swapped them round so that my bigger 27inch monitor is > the primary one

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-26 Thread Alan Chandler
On 25/11/15 22:31, Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 06:54 +, Alan Chandler wrote: My desktop Debian Jessie PC just got a new monitor to replace an old one that failed. Because the new one is bigger than my previous main monitor, I have swapped them round so that my bigger 27inch

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-25 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 06:54 +, Alan Chandler wrote: > My desktop Debian Jessie PC just got a new monitor to replace an old > one that failed. Because the new one is bigger than my previous main > monitor, I have swapped them round so that my bigger 27inch monitor > is [...] > But gdm3 has

Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-24 Thread Alan Chandler
My desktop Debian Jessie PC just got a new monitor to replace an old one that failed. Because the new one is bigger than my previous main monitor, I have swapped them round so that my bigger 27inch monitor is the primary one and the original 24inch one has become my secondary. I have altered

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-24 Thread Alan Chandler
On 25/11/15 06:54, Alan Chandler wrote: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Iiyama 27in" Option "DPMS" Option "Primary" Option "Position" "0 0" Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" Option "Position" "1920 0" EndSection I noticed as I posted this that there are two "Position"