[Novalug] screen resolution for an LCD screen

[greg pryzby]

There are two pieces for resolution--
    what the card can 'produce'
    what the display can 'consume'

Sounds like the card might be limited to what it can produce to drive a 
monitor. For instance, the x60 I have can only do 1024x768 internal and 
external. I can connect to my 1600x1050 but it displays 1024x678 with 
this computer.

What distro you have will also allow us to suggest how to tweak, 
assuming the video card can do it. Google the video card for info.

The newest Xorg appears to 'generate xorg.conf' at startup as there is 
no file on the system anymore. You can create one and it can be used, 
but by default, there is no 'saved' xorg.conf

Nino Pereira wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an LCD screen that I can switch to two different computers
> running Ubuntu (and a Windows computer, don't ask). The older
> computer, which got Ubuntu installed fairly recently, seems to
> know that the screen can handle a resolution of 1680 by 1050.
> The newer computer (which I got indirectly through this mailing
> list) is somehow restricted to a resolution of 1280 by 1024:
> this is the highest resolution  offered in the
> gui (System > Preferences > Screen Resolution).
> 
> Googling for this topic I get to pages that tell you how to
> edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I get the necessary information
> for the 'modeline' from 'gtf 1680 1050 60 -v', I remove all
> other modelines so that there is only one  the system can read.
> But, I don't get the resolution I expect (and want).
> 
> I suspect that there's another file somewhere that is read,
> while xorg.conf is being ignored.
> 
> If so, which file should be edited to get the desired resolution?
> Any other suggestions?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Nino
> 
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