[xubuntu-users] Add new resolution on Toshiba Portege

[jim at multilink.com.au]

Thanks all.
Am sure can fix it from here.

 

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[mailto:xubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of David Curtis
Sent: Friday, 23 January 2009 3:33 AM
To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Add new resolution on Toshiba Portege

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:41:44 +0100
Marko Oreskovic <markoresko at gmail.com> wrote:

> David Curtis wrote:
> > <jim at multilink.com.au> wrote:
> >> Have installed Xubuntu on a old Toshiba Portege and all looks good,
except..
> >> cannot get the display to use all the screen.  The max resolution 
> >> avaialbe
> > Oh, and open up a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), type
'sudo mousepad /etc/X11/xorg.conf' at the prompt, to manually edit the file.
> 
> Since there is no xorg.conf in newer revisions of Xorg in recent 
> Ubnutu, does anyone knows proper system way of making changes to X 
> settings regarding resolution, etc, without using xorg.conf?
> 
> 
Why does everybody think this? Both my 8.04 and my 8.10 installs have an
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.

To quote from the Ubuntu wiki:
"While xorg.conf is largely empty these days, it can still be used for
setting up resolutions."[1]

Xorg makes on-the-fly decisions and _then_ parses xorg.conf. Xorg.conf
overrides what xorg thinks is best. It is most definitely in use. If your
old Portege is as old/similar to my old Satellite, xorg picks the wrong
refresh rates for 1024x768. I'm using 8.04 on it and I definitely need a
customized xorg.conf. I also need to specify the vesa driver instead of the
one for my particular brand of chipset.


[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution last updated 2008-11-06.
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David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com>

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