Can't change login screen resolution

[So_it_goes]

Installed 2009.0

 

Linux localhost 2.6.27.5-server-2mnb.

 

I have a ATI 2400 pro card and Eizo F77 screen

The xorg log says it did find the chipset

and screen.

 

 

The screen is initially set to 640x480.

 

Tried to change the resolution with

Control Center -> Hardware -> Set up graphical server.

 

Made the changes

Logged out nothing changed, restarted nothing changed, still 640x480

 

Removed the radeon enties from xorg.conf and replaced them

with a setup that worked with 2007.1

 

Nothing changed.

 

Any changes I made did not stick.

 

Looking through the menues I found

Tools->System Tools -> configure your desktop.

And there it was possible to change the resolution and make it stick.

 

Still my Login screen is in the 'old' resolution ?

 

 

How can I change resolution on the login screen ?

 

 

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PS

 

First time I clicked MCC-Hardware ->Browse and configure hardware.

I was asked to download and install packages.

Sholdn't they be install by default ?

 

DS

[ianw1974]

I remember seeing this under CentOS once, and I had to make sure that the default resolution for the system was 1024x768 or whatever you set it to. Check this, or if in doubt, please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf here so that we can check it for you.

[So_it_goes]

Hi

 

Thanks for your time.

 

More problems

I can't make the change stick.

The resolution is 'restored' to the low resolution when I log out and log in.

So KDE4 can make a session change of the resolution.

 

 

----------------------- xorg.conf-------------------------------

 

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 247269)

 

 

Section "Extensions"

Option "Composite" "Disable"

EndSection

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 247269)

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "ServerFlags"

#DontZap # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

#DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Disable "dri"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "glx" # 3D layer

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "kbd"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "se"

Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse2"

Driver "evdev"

Option "device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb--event-mouse"

Option "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Eizo"

ModelName "Eizo FlexScan F77S"

HorizSync 30.0-110.0

VertRefresh 50.0-160.0

 

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

 

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"

BoardName "ATI Radeon X1300 and later"

Driver "radeonhd"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 16

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

 

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[scarecrow]

AFAIK the "server" kernel does not work with the proprietary nvidia driver, and the same could appply for the ATi one.

Do you really need using the "server" kernel?

[So_it_goes]

AFAIK the "server" kernel does not work with the proprietary nvidia driver, and the same could appply for the ATi one.

Do you really need using the "server" kernel?

 

"Do I really need ... ?"

 

Probably not, casue I've choosen approximately the same packages to install

as previous times.

( I don't care so much what kernel I get as

long as it doesn't give me to big problems).

 

So it's probably the change in the install scripts/perl's thats given me a server kernel ( 4G DDRAM).

 

So this a known graphics resolution error(?),functionality in the 'server' kernel ?

 

I think I have a *kernel-mnb* ( whatever that is ) at startup I'll try with that one and also check for

other kernels in the repository.

 

Interesting that KDE4 can change the resolution during a session,

so it should be possible for the 'whatever admin process' to do it.

 

Thanks for the ideas Scarecrow

 

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[medo3891]

The problem was only with the Nvidia proprietary driver (it was resolved with nvidia package updates). The ATI proprietary driver should work with the server kernel. Still if this is a desktop then kernel-desktop is more suitable for you. The desktop kernel is less aggressive than the server kernel (kernel-sever is, well, more suitable for servers). You are correct the installer installs kernel-server if you have 4GB+ of RAM.

 

We need to know the resolutions supported by your monitor, either check the manual or the output of this command:

su
monitor-edid

[So_it_goes]

Eizo Flexscan F77

From the manual :

max resolution 1600x1200 77MHz

Recommended 1280x1024 88 MHz

 

Used this monitor with 2007.0 at 1280x1024.

 

 

OffTopic

As root the perl command monitor-edid hangs.

The binary monitor-get-edid-using-vbe hangs when called from monitor-edid.

monitor-get-edid-using-vbe hangs when run from the command line as well.

 

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