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Re: [ecs] linux video settings Mark Gilmore Sat, 13 Aug 2005 07:17:27 -0700

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hi ingo,
thanks for the info.
I modified the screen resolution via "Configure Desktop" (Knoppix),
and then saw that no files in \etc\X11 had been modified.
I also looked in XF86Config-4 to verify that no resolutions were stored there.
Regards,
mark


At 06:32 AM 8/13/2005, you wrote:
>It depends on the distribution and the version of XF86 that you have. On
>my system (SuSE 9.3), it is in xorg.conf. XF86Config is a soft link to
>it. You say that for you, it's not in XF86Config - what makes you think
>that it is not?
>
>Also, some kernels allow you to switch to a graphics mode during
>booting, and it seems that the bootup graphics mode can impact the X
>windows graphics mode later (although I'm not sure about the mechanism;
>it may simply be a matter of incomplete video card initialization, or
>something like that). The bootup graphics mode is controlled with a
>kernel parameter in grub.conf (or whatever the file is called in your
>distribution) or lilo.conf.
>
>On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 05:46 -0700, Mark Gilmore wrote:
> > might anyone know in which file linux stores it's video settings (spec
> > screen size and refresh rate) ?
> > it's *not* in XF86Config.
> > thanks,
> >
> > Mark Gilmore
> > http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
> >
>
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