[RESOLVED] Unable to get true 1920x1200 resolution with Fedora 8

[Jeremy Nix]

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.
>
> __________________________________
> 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
>>
>>