On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 09:15:24 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote:
> On 12/26/2014 07:52 AM, Beartooth wrote:
[....]
>> But now F21 doesn't get it, and I can't seem to find a file that
>> will let me tell it there is such a thing as a 27" 1680x1050 terminal.
>> (The only plausible candidates so far open with DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE,
>> and a reference to the other files that set them; but I'm drawing a
>> blank about any way to reset the setting files.)
>>
>> I can ssh into it, and have been updating it regularly; a few
>> days ago it even accepted a fedup (nonproduct).
[....]
>> It didn't want to start yumex as root *nor* as user; so I told it
>> "yum remove evolution," thinking it would keep the data-server, or
>> whatever that thing is that stays when I remove Evolution with Yumex.
>> It didn't, and chaos ensued -- till it hit the abominable error message
>> from the monitor, saying "Input out of range."
>>
>> Clue, please?
> To get F21 to recognize your monitor you could put a file with the same
> monitor device sections that you normally put in xorg.conf into
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. That directory is where xorg reads it
> configuration files from these days.
That file does exist (to my surprise; dunno how I missed it). But
it contains only a config file for the keyboard. There isn't any for the
monitor at all.
If one existed, I could use it as a template for the format, just
adding my "1680x1050" in its field, and anything else obvious elsewhere.
But I remember only that the monitor file (or files; sometimes
there was one that demanded "Monitor0," apart from the one with the
numbers.
> You may still have to put the mode
> statements in there to get the right resolutions for your monitor. I'm
> not sure if the man entry on xorg.conf still has details on how to
> specify the information, its been quite some time since I've had to play
> around with those.
I didn't know man pages could exist for names as well as
commands. I'll go study that. Many many thanks!
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Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.
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