Shut laptop.... whacked resolution...
Jason Clinton
clintonj at umkc.edu
Thu Feb 6 16:12:12 CST 2003
Try hitting Ctrl + Alt + + or Ctrl + Alt + - to flip through
resolutions. This should cause the XFree86 to re-init the video device.
Matt Graham wrote:
> Man... all these meetings you guys are having sound cool. Field trips
> and all?!? Looks like we have a date now... we'll be moving out there
> the first week of June.
>
> So, I found something interesting. I'm running rh8 on my laptop (dell
> inspiron 8200). When I shut the lid or the screen goes off to conserve
> battery power, the resolution is stretched funny when it comes back on
> (or when I open it up.) It's about twice as wide as it is tall, and
> only half the screen (with crazy proportions) is showing. In the
> display settings, I made sure it was using the correct (I think) monitor
> and that the physical size is set. Tho... I use a ruler to find the
> physical size. Still...same stuff.
>
> The only way to fix it is to restart X. I just use ctrl-alt-bksp.
>
> Has anyone seen this before?
>
> Matt
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