I finally have my old resolution back. Here's what I did in order to
get it to work.
I followed directions from the following article
(http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10304), and found that my
DPI settings in xdpyinfo were sitting at 133x133. I then found that the
following set my DPI back to what I was accustomed to (96).
System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Appearance -> Fonts -> Details
-> 96 dots per inch.
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Jeremy Nix
Senior Application Developer
Southwest Financial Services, Ltd.
(513) 621-6699
Jeremy Nix wrote:
Todd, that would explain why my Display Settings and Resolution
settings both say 1920x1200. The reason I know it is not that actual
resolution is twofold. First, I had Fedora 5, 6 and 7 installed on
this laptop, so I've grown accustomed to a particular resolution
setting. Secondly, this same laptop is being used by another user
with a Windows XP installation, and the differences between
resolutions are night and day. That said, I've attached the 2
different outputs of xdpyinfo. One when I've acheived what I believe
is 1920x1200 resolution, and one when it is defaulted back to 1280x960
(i think). They are identical outputs, but the display is completely
different. I can send screenshots to anyone who's interested.
I did manage to find an article that *may* be related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/15131
I'm attempting some of the user suggestions for this bug, but so far
nothing has managed to correct the issue.
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Jeremy Nix
Senior Application Developer
Southwest Financial Services, Ltd.
(513) 621-6699
Todd Denniston wrote:
Jeremy Nix wrote, On 12/05/2007 11:52 AM:
What I've found to be odd is that the Fedora 8 install dropped me in
to what it describes as a 1920x1200 resolution, but it is obviously
not. I was just able to replicate the "phenomenon" that allows me
to get a temporary 1920x1200 resolution. Here are the steps to
reproduce:
1) Using init level of 3, run startx.
1) Change the screen resolution (not disply settings) to a lower
resolution
2) kill the gnome session (ctrl+alt+backspace)
3) start back up the X environment (startx)
4) Go back to the screen resolution preferences, and change back to
1920x1200 and click apply.
5) My resolution appears to be correct for now, but once I logout
and log back in, I will be back to a crappy resolution (1280x960 or
similar I think).
I am curious, by what method do you know you are not at 1920x1200,
and at what resolution you are really at ????
xdpyinfo???
It looks like, from your Xorg.0.log if I interpreted it correctly,
that you should be in one of:
"1920x1200"x60.0
"1360x768"x59.8
"1360x768"x60.0
"1280x800"x60.0
"1152x864"x60.0
"1280x768"x60.0
"1280x720"x60.0
"1024x768"x60.0
"800x600"x60.3
"640x480"x59.9
