Login window resolution

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:27:03 +0000
Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:28:44AM -0400, Dirk Freitag wrote:
> > Mahadi Hasan wrote:
> > > My login window resolution is bigger than that of my desktop. My 
> > > desktop's resolution is 1024*768. How do I bring the login window 
> > > resolution to 1024*768?
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Mahadi
> > > 
> > 
> > What you can try is making a change in your xorg.conf file.  So do
> > a "sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf" and scroll down until you get to 
> > display.  You will see a line that has "Modes" and probably a bunch
> > of resolutions after that.  Add the resolution you need that
> > matches your monitor and video card as the first resolution listed,
> > and reboot.  It may take some trial and error, but this should help.
> > 
> Not true any longer, since 8.04 I think, the resolution is set
> 'automatically' and there's nothing related to it in the xorg.conf.
> 
> You *can* still set the resolution manually in xorg.conf but it's not
> normally necessary.
> 
> ... and finally I'm not sure that setting the resolution in xorg.conf
> will affect the login screen (gdm) anyway.  I think the OP is
> suffering from the same problem that I have, gdm doesn't use the same
> resolution as X.
> 

To change the gdm login window resolution, you can do it
in /etc/usplash.conf . Using "gksu gedit /etc/usplash.conf", add the
relsolutions like this:

xres=1440
yres=900

Change the numbers to what you need. This has worked for me since 6.06.

Good luck,

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