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Re: [ecs] linux video settings Mark Gilmore Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:08:16 -0700

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that little "find" trick is the best thing i have seen in years !

At 03:01 PM 8/13/2005, you wrote:
>OK, they try using find to see what has changed in the past 30 minutes:
>
>find /etc -mmin -30 -print
>
>should do it (note that using -30 is important. Else you'll only find
>files that were changed *exactly* 30 minutes ago). If /etc doesn't work,
>try /var (but you'll get some unrelated hits there).
>
>Also, it could be in your home directory, maybe the setting is specific
>to individual users.
>
>On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 07:17 -0700, Mark Gilmore wrote:
> > 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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