[BUGS] X windows Woes

Glenn Mawby gmawby at yahoo.com.au
Fri Mar 14 20:00:53 EST 2008


leon zadorin wrote:
> 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.?
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I'm not sure what I'm looking for , there are lots of lines that say 
"not using" but I can't find one that says "am using"
Glenn.
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