On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 07:05:50AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 10/12/2012 00:31, Gary Kline wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 08:38:06AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> >> > On 09/12/2012 00:23, Gary Kline wrote:
>
> >>> > > one of the remaining problems --hopefuully the Last-- with my
> >>> > > Dell 3010 quad i5 is that the resolution stops at 5:4. it's
> >>> > > something like 1280x1014 whereas my widescreen Dell needs
> >>> > > 1920x1280 or close to that. do I need to go out and find a
> >>> > > videocard? or is there a way of taking my 6GB of RAM and
> >>> > > giving
> >>> > > it to the video?
>
> >> > Do you have a DVI connector on your current graphics card, or just the
> >> > old style VGA connector? Pretty much all modern widescreen monitors
> >> > will have a DVI connector as well as the legacy VGA.
>
> > actually, I have both. the KVM dates from 2010 and came with
> > four cables and eight plugs.
>
> Ahah! You're using a KVM switch. That can block the monitor from
> sending its configuration information to the X server. It's easy to
> tell: just try connecting directly to the monitor temporarily.
>
> If that works, you can use xrandr to extract the monitor details, write
> a mode line for your xorg.conf and put the KVM back in the loop, while
> keeping the optimum configuration.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthew
the thing is that I had this working before--twice--one running
Gnnome, once KDE and both thru theKVM switch. the last time I
re-reinstalled from a DVD [gnome], the kde from a CD: nojoy.
gary
PS I managed to get both ssh's [bi-directionally] within a few
hours. ive run every diagnostic I can think of.
>
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> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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>
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