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

[Karsten König]

That mail adress looks fishy, maybe they just try pinging the list to see if 
it is moderated.


Cheers,
Karsten

Am Montag, 6. Dezember 2010, 20:40:14 schrieb Alex Deucher:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:25 PM, m_20_4197846105@yahoo.com
> 
> <m_20_4197846105@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How do I get off this mailing list
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> Follow the URL appended to the bottom of every email on the list.
> 
> Alex
> 
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> > -----Original message-----
> > 
> > From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>
> > To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> > 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
> > 
> > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
> >>> After starting X I now have  a resolution of 800x600 or similar, even
> >>> though
> >>> my native  resolution 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
> >> is 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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