How to set screen resolution

[fedoreo]

Thanks for the suggestions but none of them worked.
Fedora/KDE always gets the resolution wrong on start-up and always gets it right on reboot.
This tells me it is the OS and not the hardware.
If I leave the wrong resolution and log in, I just get black screen.
Furthermore, the hardware is brand new:
- ASUS S0202HL LED monitor
- GeForce 210 SYNERGY 512MB DDR3
- ASUS M5A97 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ Motherboard
This is too frustrating. I will have to go with Ubuntu and then try Fedora again in a few years since I do prefer Fedora/KDE

[RupertPupkin]

Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-myfile.conf file you created earlier so that these are the only contents:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier          "Device0"
    Driver              "nouveau"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier          "Screen0"
    Device              "Device0"
    Monitor             "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth        24
    SubSection          "Display"
        Depth           24
        Modes           "1600x900"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

You shouldn't need to specify any modelines; your monitor should automatically pick the right one for the given resolution. Reboot for it to take effect.

[fedoreo]

Originally Posted by RupertPupkin

Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-myfile.conf file you created earlier so that these are the only contents:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier          "Device0"
    Driver              "nouveau"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier          "Screen0"
    Device              "Device0"
    Monitor             "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth        24
    SubSection          "Display"
        Depth           24
        Modes           "1600x900"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

You shouldn't need to specify any modelines; your monitor should automatically pick the right one for the given resolution. Reboot for it to take effect.

Looks like that worked Thanks

[synic]

@ fedoreo

Hi fedoreo,

Is this what worked?

Originally Posted by RupertPupkin

Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-myfile.conf file you created earlier so that these are the only contents:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier          "Device0"
    Driver              "nouveau"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier          "Screen0"
    Device              "Device0"
    Monitor             "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth        24
    SubSection          "Display"
        Depth           24
        Modes           "1600x900"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

You shouldn't need to specify any modelines; your monitor should automatically pick the right one for the given resolution. Reboot for it to take effect.

Originally Posted by fedoreo

Looks like that worked Thanks

Can you please post your complete working xorg.conf.

Thanks.

[fedoreo]

Yes. that is what worked.

[droidhacker]

There might be an easier way!

Use the kernel parameter video=

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Kerne...g_a_Resolution

[RupertPupkin]

Originally Posted by droidhacker

There might be an easier way!

Use the kernel parameter video=

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Kerne...g_a_Resolution

That video parameter is for the console resolution, not the resolution in X.

[synic]

Originally Posted by RupertPupkin

That video parameter is for the console resolution, not the resolution in X.

It's funny, but I get perfect res in console (bash when I boot into rescue mode from grub).

How come I get perfect res on console but not with Nvidia... (bloo*y nvidia.. if it wasn't for wanting to watch videos I wouldn't eve bother with it).

[fedoreo]

Alas, the last fix did not hold. Today I booted up to the wrong resolution again in spite of all previous fix actions. As usual, a reboot fixed. Heavy sigh.

[RupertPupkin]

Hmm, so it worked for 5 days then stopped? That's weird. I noticed that there was an update of the xorg-x11-server* packages today, maybe that broke it (though I don't see how it would). Anyway, one thing you could try is to make your xorg conf file load later by renaming it from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-myfile.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-myfile.conf, and also copying it to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-myfile.conf just to make sure.

[fedoreo]

Originally Posted by RupertPupkin

Hmm, so it worked for 5 days then stopped? That's weird. I noticed that there was an update of the xorg-x11-server* packages today, maybe that broke it (though I don't see how it would). Anyway, one thing you could try is to make your xorg conf file load later by renaming it from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-myfile.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-myfile.conf, and also copying it to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-myfile.conf just to make sure.

I don't think this system is auto-updating. I think I have to initiate that, and I haven't done so.

I went to /etc/X11 and the xorg.conf.d directory is missing. How could this happen? I remember there were two files in there. The one I created, and another file having to do with the keyboard.

[RupertPupkin]

Originally Posted by fedoreo

I went to /etc/X11 and the xorg.conf.d directory is missing. How could this happen?

That is weird, but at least you now know what caused the problem. Restoring that directory and its contents should fix it.

By the way, the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directory is provided by the xorg-x11-server-Xorg package. I don't know how that got deleted on your system. The /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf file is provided by the system-setup-keyboard package. So you might have to re-install that package to get that file restored.

[fedoreo]

ok well thanks for the suggestion but I don't know what caused the directory to disappear. So I'm hesitant to put it back because it will only disappear again. My guess is something is broken in the boot-up process relating to setting up the monitor.

[RupertPupkin]

Well I don't see any harm in restoring a directory that's supposed to be there -- especially when it will fix your problem -- and you don't know for sure that it will be deleted again. And as I said before you could put the conf file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/. But it's your choice.

[fedoreo]

Do you know of any process which would reinitialize the graphical subsystem upon boot up? I think that is what has been happening. It is trying to start from scratch every time.