Re: [opensuse] Update Broke Screen Resolution, How to Get Back?

On 1/18/08, Kevin Dupuy wrote:

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin Dupuy To: openSUSE Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:52:22 -0600 Subject: Update Broke Screen Resolution, How to Get Back? It appears this update: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00004.html has broken the X screen resolution on my system. I've attached a screenshot of what's going on. You can see that the GNOME Screen Resolution applet has the wrong resolution, whereas SaX2 has the correct (1280x800) resolution. Also, my Desktop Effects aren't working anymore, although the control center app says they are turned on. What can I do to get the resolution back and these problems fixed?

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I had the same problem with OpenSUSE 10.3 on a Macbook. I think the problem is that xorg 7.3 is detecting two different resolutions for output. You can use xrandr to "fix" the problem: $ xrandr --output VGA --off The "VGA" part may vary. For instance, others seem to need to use "TV". Fwiw, when I enabled XGL this problem went away, but I cannot explain why. However, I also have not tried dual-head, so maybe XGL disables the second output? Anyway, you may have already solved the problem, but in case you haven't I hope this helps. - Pete -- Pete Goodall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org