On 12/13/2012 10:33 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 09:20:21AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 12/13/2012 09:11 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 08:45:03AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> On 12/13/2012 08:35 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
>>>>>> Did you post the output from the "working" system?
>>>>>>> In the output the line
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1920x1080 60.0*+
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Indicates by * that this is the current mode and by the + indicates 
>>>>>>> that the preferred mode of the attached monitor is 1920x1080.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>   "tao" is my new quad optplex that  refuses to display above
>>>>>   1280x1024.  my "working" system is dubbed "ethos".  it's got
>>>>>   1920x1080 which is what I want own my new computer.  DEspite 
>>>>>   the token that are shown after the lines of resolution, the
>>>>>   output on "tao is only 1280x1024. {for some reason I cannot get 
>>>>>   a ksnapshot of my scrren resolution; I'm missing kio_file.}
>>>> That is "strange".  Your system certainly thinks it is driving at 
>>>> 1920x1080.
>>>>
>>>> Does anything happen if you issue the command....
>>>>
>>>> xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto   (you can used this command as the currently 
>>>> running user.  No need for root)
>>>>
>>> pts/5 17:02 <ethos> [4690] ssh -X tao
>>> kline@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]                        
>>>
>>>
>>>     strange:  ==nothing==.  what Should be displayed?  [if anything?]
>> Nothing should be displayed.  The command will switch the mode.  "auto" 
>> means to switch to the default.
>>
>> You could also try....
>>
>> xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1152x864  to see if that makes a change....
>>
>> I noticed you "ssh'd" into the system.  I don't know that xrandr would be 
>> effective when using a "remote" session.  Can you try entering on the actual 
>> console?
>       dunno.  here, FWIW, is % xranda >& /tmp/file, the ampersand to 
>       capture the first line:
>
>
> xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 400, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
> default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>    1280x1024       0.0* 
>    1152x864        0.0  
>    1024x768        0.0  
>    800x600         0.0  
>    640x480         0.0  
>    720x400         0.0  
>
>       And this is what I actually get as my resolution.  next is what 
>       is ignored by your xrand --output ... line::
>
>
>    pts/4 18:11 <tao> [4692] xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1152x864
>    xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
>    warning: output VGA-1 not found; ignoring
>    pts/4 18:12 <tao> [4693]                      
>
>
>
>    next, for the heck of it, I tried the next-larger res: 1280x1024 and
>    only got the "usage:" string for xrandr.  anything you--or anybody--
>    see from the data captured??  like, am I missing some driver module, or
>    part-of?  im totally out of ideas.
>

OK....  The puzzle deepens.....

"warning: output VGA-1 not found; ignoring"

So, when you just do a "xrandr" on the console of tao there is no section 
reading something like..

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2048 x 1152, maximum 8192 x 8192
DVI-I-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-I-1 connected 2048x1152+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 
510mm x 287mm

????

When using the --output parameter you need to specify an existing output.  In 
my case there are 3 as shown above.

You don't have a single monitor connected to 2 systems via a KVM do you?

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