On Tuesday 01 December 2009 23:20:06 Clayton wrote:
However, if sax2 wasn't used from the beginning, there would be no static configuration for the better monitor, X would automatically determine the (probably) right settings instead. And if you change the monitor, X simply picks fresh settings appropriate for the new monitor.
Of course there are probably corner cases where the settings picked by X aren't optimal. I guess the argument is that in these *specific* cases, it should be possible to hand-tune the configuration using the existing GUI tools, and that cases where manual configuration change is necessary are rare enough for that to be a sufficient solution.
I have to say here that the auto tools are working VERY well for me on 11.2. I've tried various monitors, and even a projector (some call them beamers), and it got it right every time. When I wanted to adjust the auto selected resolution to something different, I just had to use the Display settings in the KDE4 Configure Desktop and I could select alternate resolutions. I've even had the case where a game crashed and left the desktop at a low resolution... setting it back to the correct resolution wasn't hard at all.
I do have one more acid test for it though :-P My LCD TV which in theory can run at high resolutions... 1900x1040 or something like that, but sax2 could never configure higher than 1024x768 no matter what I did with it. Maybe I'll try it this coming weekend.
I have a similar experience when using my external digital monitors via the VGA port of my X60 (i945GM). xrandr and the GUI tools never report the native screen resolutions until I tell xrandr about it with gtf, --newmode and -- addmode. Is there an established way to troubleshoot this? Is it a bug in... a) my monitors (no EDID?) b) the intel driver? c) Xorg? Is it my fault because xrandr can't detect monitor resolution when using the external monitor? Is it http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14176 ? Will -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org