xorg (screen resolution) in F14

[reg at dwf.com]

> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:25 PM, <reg at dwf.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > For reasons that I don't need to go into here, I keep copies of
> > Fedora F6, F11, and F14 on different partitions of a disk.  I will
> > be adding F16 to this collection in the next few weeks.
> >
> > But, in looking at my F14 installation, I note an X11 problem.
> > Im not sure who is maintaining the Feodra X11 these days
> > so Ill ask the question here.
> >
> > My xorg.conf is the same for all of these installations, and the
> > mode line reads
> >
> >    Modes   "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >
> > and older X11s chooses the "1280x1024" resolution as my default.
> >
> > In F14 it chooses "1024x768" which screws up the screen organization
> > for testing software.
> >
> > Now some quick experiments show that if I connect the monitor
> > directly to the computer (rather than thru the kvm), this works
> > fine with F14.  So it is the kvm that is causing the problem.  But the
> > kvm is too dumb to program in any other manner, so the question
> > is, is there a way to FORCE F14 to use the mode I want, or to SET
> > whatever variable it is using to determine that the higher resolution
> > is acceptable?
> >
> > I have tried a few things (like only one thing on the Modes line) with
> > no success, so I'm looking for someone who knows more about the
> > internals of X11 than I do.
> >
> 
> Take a look at the the manufacturer's specs of your KVM
> to see what resolutions it supports.
> 
> 
It supports up to 1600 by something, but appears to be responding 
with something that makes X11 think 1024x
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                                        Reg.Clemens
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