On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 09:15:24 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: > On 12/26/2014 07:52 AM, Beartooth wrote: [....] >> But now F21 doesn't get it, and I can't seem to find a file that >> will let me tell it there is such a thing as a 27" 1680x1050 terminal. >> (The only plausible candidates so far open with DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, >> and a reference to the other files that set them; but I'm drawing a >> blank about any way to reset the setting files.) >> >> I can ssh into it, and have been updating it regularly; a few >> days ago it even accepted a fedup (nonproduct). [....] >> It didn't want to start yumex as root *nor* as user; so I told it >> "yum remove evolution," thinking it would keep the data-server, or >> whatever that thing is that stays when I remove Evolution with Yumex. >> It didn't, and chaos ensued -- till it hit the abominable error message >> from the monitor, saying "Input out of range." >> >> Clue, please? > To get F21 to recognize your monitor you could put a file with the same > monitor device sections that you normally put in xorg.conf into > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. That directory is where xorg reads it > configuration files from these days. That file does exist (to my surprise; dunno how I missed it). But it contains only a config file for the keyboard. There isn't any for the monitor at all. If one existed, I could use it as a template for the format, just adding my "1680x1050" in its field, and anything else obvious elsewhere. But I remember only that the monitor file (or files; sometimes there was one that demanded "Monitor0," apart from the one with the numbers. > You may still have to put the mode > statements in there to get the right resolutions for your monitor. I'm > not sure if the man entry on xorg.conf still has details on how to > specify the information, its been quite some time since I've had to play > around with those. I didn't know man pages could exist for names as well as commands. I'll go study that. Many many thanks! -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
