[BUGS] X windows Woes

[leon zadorin]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Glenn Mawby <gmawby at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Callum Gibson wrote:
>  > On 14Mar08 17:08, Glenn Mawby wrote:
>  > }When I restart I would expect X to use all the display but it does not,
>  > }I still get the squashed display.
>  >
>  > My random punt would be make sure it's using the xorg.conf you think
>  > it's using. Over the years the location has changed so much that Xorg
>  > will look for it in about 4 different locations. Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>  > to make sure you've edited the right one. Otherwise, check that file
>  > anyway as it will often tell you what has gone wrong, syntax errors, etc.
>  >
>  >     C
>  >
>  >
>  I checked that but is is oK,(==) Using config file:
>  "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"   which is what I edited.

and what does the rest of the X's log file (which is generated as X
start) say? ... in terms of trying to set the mode and subsequently
using a given mode, etc. etc. etc.?