On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 21:40 -0800, Tod Merley wrote: > On Dec 15, 2007 9:09 PM, Brain Centipedes <brain.centipedes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Does anyone know how to keep Xorg from auto-detecting video resolution in > > Fedora 8? > > On Fedora 7 I just put the correct video settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and > > everything was fine. But in Fedora 8 it tries to detect my resolution and > > gets things wrong. So I edited xorg.conf, but X is ignoring the settings in > > the conf file and still trying to detect things itself. Any ideas? > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Hi Brain Centipedes! > > This is just my first thought - check the permissions of the xorg.conf > you edited (the result) - also check the contents of > /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Look for (WW) and (EE) lines in particular. > Re-establish your edited xorg.conf - try again - then look. Maybe editing it, by running the system-config-display and selecting your resolution that way? Or as normal user, select Menu/System/Preferences/Hardware/Screen Resolution and try selecting that way. Might help, -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "The best lil town on Earth!" -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
