I guess you should bypass the KVM switch for this and hook the monitor directly to the computer. Then, a Xorg -configure should create a file in your current working directory. > -configure When this option is specified, the Xorg server loads all > video driver modules, probes for available hardware, and writes out > an initial xorg.conf(5) file based on what was detected. This option > currently has some problems on some platforms, but in most cases it > is a good way to bootstrap the configuration process. This option > is only available when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid > 0). Then I assume you should be able to modify the resolution to your liking. Additional good reading at: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide#Step_3:_Configure_X_.28Optional.29 Hope that helps. -Ove- On 05/27/2010 09:41 AM, Brian Wall wrote: > Fellow geeks, > > I've been tinkering around with Ubuntu. By default, Ubuntu's (any > modern distro applies, really) Xorg runs without a config file. > Presumably, it detects all your hardware on the fly and amazingly it > does a good job (compare that to XFree 3.x... yuck!) > > Problems arise when the box can't detect the hardware. For > instance, running thorugh a KVM switch. Now instead of detecting my > Dell flat panel and pushing 1280x1024, I get a measly 800x600 and no > option to change it. What I would like to do is set up Ubuntu > running against my flat panel, the way I like, and then dump the > currently running config to a config file so I can force that > configuration when I'm running through the KVM. Anyone know if this > is possible? > > Alternately I fire up Knoppix, which still uses a config file and > use that to start tweaking. > > Thanks, Brian > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list