display "stretched"
brian
fedora at logi.ca
Tue Mar 3 17:00:44 UTC 2009
brian wrote:
> Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
>> brian wrote:
>>> Since upgrading to 10 a few weeks ago, I've occasionally logged in to
>>> find the display stretched out of shape. Everything appears too tall
>>> & thin. Logging out and back in has always fixed the problem.
>>>
>>> I've gone through the logs but I really don't know what I should be
>>> looking for, nor even what information I might post to this list to
>>> help in diagnosing the issue other than my video card info. Can
>>> anyone give me some pointers on what to look for, or what I can
>>> provide to help solve this?
>>
>> I can't say ofhand whatis causing it, but if you have access to a
>> "stretched" terminal window, what does xrandr say about the display,
>> and can you use it to return it to the proper size?
>
> Thanks. Yeah, when this happens, I can easily open a terminal. Thanks
> for the tip. I've just saved the output (I'll print it here, fwiw) so i
> can compare the next time this happens. And I'll go through the man page
> to figure out how to (try to) reset the dims.
>
> I'd really like to know, though, if there's something in a log that
> might provide a clue as to why it's happening.
>
> This is the current output (the screen is fine). I doubt there's
> anything here to suggest what the problem might be.
>
> $ xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1152 x 864, maximum 1152 x 864
> default connected 1152x864+0+0 0mm x 0mm
> 1152x864 60.0*
> 1024x768 70.0 60.0
> 1024x576 60.0
> 960x600 60.0
> 960x540 60.0
> 800x600 60.0 56.0
> 768x576 60.0
> 720x576 60.0
> 856x480 60.0
> 800x480 60.0
> 720x480 61.0
> 640x480 67.0 60.0
> 720x400 70.0
> 512x384 60.0
> 400x300 60.0
> 320x240 61.0
>
OK, so this has just happened again so I took the opportunity to see
what xrandr had to say about it.
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1360 x 864, maximum 1360 x 864
default connected 1360x864+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1360x768 60.0
1152x864 60.0
1024x768 70.0 60.0
1024x576 60.0
960x600 60.0
960x540 60.0
800x600 60.0 56.0
768x576 60.0
720x576 60.0
856x480 60.0
800x480 60.0
720x480 61.0
640x480 60.0
512x384 60.0
400x300 60.0
320x240 61.0
1360x864 60.0*
Two odd (to me) things: it's suggesting that it's the horizontal measure
that's changed, though what I'm seeing is a display that's very much
stretched vertically, and it's listed this new pair last, below the
smallest one.
I tried resetting using xrandr:
$ xrandr --fb 1152x864
xrandr: specified screen 1152x864 not large enough for output default
(1360x864+0+0)
In the end, logging out and back in has fixed things, as usual.
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