[Eug-lug] Linux hates big monitor

Allen Brown abrown at peak.org
Wed Jul 18 10:28:37 PDT 2007


I assume the X server *is* getting it right.  But KDE is overriding
that.  In any case, I was able to fix this in KDE, but not in
xorg.conf.
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Bob Miller wrote:
> 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.
> 
> The X server is at a lower level than the desktop.  Changing desktops
> within a distribution shouldn't affect X's ability to get your screen
> resolution right.
> 


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