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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4><SPAN class=016552517-10022007>My
guess is that you have some Plug-and-Play dialog trying to "help" you and it
defaults to 640x480 when it cannot query a monitor. Look for ways to
override smart options as are implied by a "default" statement and mode
options.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4><SPAN
class=016552517-10022007>Chuck</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Joey Rockhold<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 10, 2007 10:33
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Tom Marble<BR><B>Cc:</B> TCLUG<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[tclug-list] Ubuntu video annoyance<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>The first suggestion,
clicking on the default checkbox in screen resolution, did not help. I
haven't tried the second method yet.<BR><BR>- Joey<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/3/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Tom
Marble</B> <<A href="mailto:tmarble@info9.net">tmarble@info9.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Joey
Rockhold wrote:<BR>> I am running 2 Ubuntu machines. I have
them both hooked to a KVM<BR>> switch. When I boot either of
them up, and I do not have the KVM set to<BR>> those particular machines,
they boot up in 640x480 mode (or 800x600). <BR>> Yet if the KVM switch is
on those computers while they boot, I get my<BR>> full 1280x1024
resolution. Can anyone direct me to how to lock down the<BR>>
resolution I want?<BR><BR>On my feisty (pre-release) system one can change
change the default resolution <BR>in the Gnome menu: System | Control
Center, then click on "Screen Resolution"<BR>and select the
default.<BR><BR>The "old school" (and perhaps simpler) way to do this is by
editing<BR>/etc/X11/xorg.conf (save the current version first!). <BR><BR>You
will find a section like this:<BR><BR>Section
"Screen"<BR> Identifier "Default
Screen"<BR> Device "Intel
Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller"
<BR> Monitor
"Generic
Monitor"<BR> DefaultDepth 24<BR> SubSection
"Display"<BR> Depth
24<BR> Modes
"1680x1050" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
<BR> EndSubSection<BR>EndSection<BR><BR>For
each instance of the line "Modes" insure that you have only
the<BR>resolution(s) that you
want.<BR><BR>HTH,<BR><BR>--Tom<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>