how can i get widescren display on my new Dell 3010?
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Thu Dec 13 01:42:03 UTC 2012
On 12/13/2012 09:11 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
> 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]
A big *DUH* for me on this one.....
When you "ssh -X tao" you get connected to tao *but* you are connected to the X server on ethos!
So, the xrandr is returning information on and is acting on the X server on ethos.
You need to go to the console of tao to make the changes.
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