[ltp] screen resolution is wrong after removing "nomodeset" from kernel line in menu.lst

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:25 PM, m_20_4197846105@yahoo.com
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> From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Fri, Dec 3, 2010 02:23:18 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [ltp] screen resolution is wrong after removing "nomodeset"
> from kernel line in menu.lst
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> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
>>> After starting X I now have =A0a resolution of 800x600 or similar, even
>>> though
>>> my native =A0resolution is 1400x1050. Running
>>> $ xrandr -output LVDS --auto
>>> fixes the resolution, but some windows that should be centred on the
>>> screen
>>> now appear in the upper left corner.
>>>
>>> Any hints how I can fix the resolution at boot time without calling
>>> xrandr?
>>>
>>
>> This is probably a stupid question but do you specify 1400x1050 in
>> xorg.conf
>> or the appropriate sections of xorg.conf.d? A lot of people say that X i=
s
>> now smart enough to get by without a config file but I still find that I
>> need xorg.conf for a lot of things.
>
> You shouldn't need an xorg.conf for most modern drivers. radeon
> hasn't required one for most configurations for years.
>
> Alex
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