how can i get widescren display on my new Dell 3010?
Gary Kline
kline at thought.org
Thu Dec 13 01:11:12 UTC 2012
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 08:45:03AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/13/2012 08:35 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
> >> Did you post the output from the "working" system?
> >> >
> >> > In the output the line
> >> >
> >> > 1920x1080 60.0*+
> >> >
> >> > Indicates by * that this is the current mode and by the + indicates that the preferred mode of the attached monitor is 1920x1080.
> >> >
> > "tao" is my new quad optplex that refuses to display above
> > 1280x1024. my "working" system is dubbed "ethos". it's got
> > 1920x1080 which is what I want own my new computer. DEspite
> > the token that are shown after the lines of resolution, the
> > output on "tao is only 1280x1024. {for some reason I cannot get
> > a ksnapshot of my scrren resolution; I'm missing kio_file.}
>
> That is "strange". Your system certainly thinks it is driving at 1920x1080.
>
> Does anything happen if you issue the command....
>
> xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto (you can used this command as the currently running user. No need for root)
>
pts/5 17:02 <ethos> [4690] ssh -X tao
kline at tao's password:
Last login: Wed Dec 12 16:48:19 2012
pts/8 17:03 <tao> [4662] xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto
pts/8 17:04 <tao> [4663]
strange: ==nothing==. what Should be displayed? [if anything?]
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