Comments on: New Computer!!!!111 http://ericgar.com/2008/11/09/new-computer111/ Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Eric http://ericgar.com/2008/11/09/new-computer111/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Eric Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:01:41 +0000 http://www.ericgar.com/?p=304#comment-355 That's essentially what xandr does, but at runtime. Anyway, in trying to isolate what was causing S3 suspend to sporadically die, I've started using the open-source driver, which, might I add, is just better for my image :-). After the change, gnome-display-properties decided to write the virtual line in my xorg.conf now. It figured out the proper resolution by itself (3840x1200). That’s essentially what xandr does, but at runtime. Anyway, in trying to isolate what was causing S3 suspend to sporadically die, I’ve started using the open-source driver, which, might I add, is just better for my image :-) .

After the change, gnome-display-properties decided to write the virtual line in my xorg.conf now. It figured out the proper resolution by itself (3840×1200).

]]> By: todd. http://ericgar.com/2008/11/09/new-computer111/comment-page-1/#comment-350 todd. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:24:08 +0000 http://www.ericgar.com/?p=304#comment-350 Huh. But you didn't have to edit your xorg.conf to get the correct resolutions to show up in g-d-p? For me, this never worked until I added a line that said <blockquote><code> # ADD A VIRTUAL LINE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LARGEST SCREENS YOU WILL HOTPLUG Virtual 1600 1200 </code></blockquote> But maybe my laptop is just weird. Huh. But you didn’t have to edit your xorg.conf to get the correct resolutions to show up in g-d-p? For me, this never worked until I added a line that said


# ADD A VIRTUAL LINE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LARGEST SCREENS YOU WILL HOTPLUG
Virtual 1600 1200

But maybe my laptop is just weird.

]]> By: Eric http://ericgar.com/2008/11/09/new-computer111/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Eric Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:02:41 +0000 http://www.ericgar.com/?p=304#comment-349 I cheat: I'm not using bigdesktop either, as I had lots of issues with it. The "the vanilla screen resolution manager" (gnome-display-properties) is just a front-end to <a href="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2" rel="nofollow">xrandr</a>. I'm not sure when xrandr settings are reapplied during the login process, but at least it works without (further) manual intervention. I cheat: I’m not using bigdesktop either, as I had lots of issues with it. The “the vanilla screen resolution manager” (gnome-display-properties) is just a front-end to xrandr. I’m not sure when xrandr settings are reapplied during the login process, but at least it works without (further) manual intervention.

]]> By: Benny http://ericgar.com/2008/11/09/new-computer111/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Benny Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:52 +0000 http://www.ericgar.com/?p=304#comment-348 Yargh. no OS X UNetbootin. how unfortunate Yargh. no OS X UNetbootin. how unfortunate

]]> By: todd. http://ericgar.com/2008/11/09/new-computer111/comment-page-1/#comment-347 todd. Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:30:41 +0000 http://www.ericgar.com/?p=304#comment-347 I'd be interested to see your xorg.conf. Bigdesktop never seems to be set up just right, but I haven't tried to do it from scratch in a long enough time that I wonder if there's a better way to do it now. I’d be interested to see your xorg.conf. Bigdesktop never seems to be set up just right, but I haven’t tried to do it from scratch in a long enough time that I wonder if there’s a better way to do it now.

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