[Eug-lug] Linux hates big monitor

[Allen Brown]

What rev KDE is it using?  According to synaptic I am running 5:47.
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Jared Ubelhor wrote:
> Installed Suse 10.2 this morning.Works perfect thus far on both KDE and 
> GNOME. We'll see what happens when I install the nvidia drivers.
> 
> On 7/12/07, *Allen Brown * <abrown at peak.org <mailto:abrown at peak.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Jim K wrote:
>      > Just a guess, it may not be a function of kde. Do you also use
>     kdm the
>      > kde display manager or gnome
>      > display manager. Check for a file such as
>      > $KDEDIR/share/config/kdm/.kdmrc.
> 
>     I use gdm with KDE.  I had to change the config of KDE to
>     fix the resolution.  So it seems unlikely to have anything to
>     do with kdm.
> 
>      > Also you might check the init scripts
>      > to see what program actuall y configures the display for kde on your
>      > system.
> 
>     How do I do that?
> 
>      > If you are using kde and kdm try installing just gnome and see
>      > if it works, if so then install kde , but don't change the display
>      > manager.  These may not alter the characteristics of the display, so
>      > this is just a guess.
>      > Jim K
> 
>     I've always had gnome, xfce4, and kde installed.  Logging in under
>     gnome or under xfce4 I get the correct screen resolution.  It's
>     remotely possible the fix that I did to KDE also fixed gnome.  It
>     was awhile back when I did it, plus it involved quite a bit of
>     thrashing about.  But most likely the only culprit is KDE.
>     --
>     Allen Brown  abrown at peak.org <mailto:abrown at peak.org>  
>     http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/
>        The trouble with our times is that the
>        future is not what it used to be. ---Paul Valery
> 
>      > Allen Brown wrote:
>      >> I would like to know if this is unique to one or more distributions
>      >> such as Ubuntu.  Or if it is simply a function of one or more
>      >> desktops such as KDE.  I wouldn't be surprised if it is the latter.
>      >> If so, changing distributions won't help.
>      >>
>      >> So before changing your install, try switching to xfce4.  You can
>      >> get it by "apt-get install xubuntu-desktop".
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