[ATrpms-users] display resolution now stuck at 640x480x60Hz

[Jarod Wilson]

On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:58, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > >To me it looks like something modified your xorg.conf. Check the date
> > >of the file, and perhaps there is also a backup there.
> >
> > Alex - I emailed you the rpm list directly.  As for the backup file, I'm
> > afraid that's recent too.  I was playing around with
> > system-config-display a few times.  :-(
>
> There is an update on the 9th and the previous one was on the
> 6th. Assuming that your system broke after the 9th's update the only
> relevant package that could have anything to do with your graphics/X is
> the kernel. The rest are mail and mythtv related, and neither modifies
> graphics/X in any way.
>
> It sounds unlikely, but maybe the new 2.6.16 kernel broke your
> graphics. I'd recommend to boot into the old kernel and check, but
> your xorg.conf file is now different, so it will probably fail
> again. I suspect that this isn't a kernel issue either, and maybe no
> packaging issue altogether. Maybe you just played with the graphics
> settings and updated the system in one sweep?
>
> Anyway, in your place I'd try a reinstall, maybe even a fake minimal
> one on some empty space on your disks to see what xorg.conf will be
> created, and whether the setup works. Then you can copy that xorg.conf
> over.

I think simply moving your current xorg.conf out of the way and running 
system-config-display should achieve the same thing (creating a completely 
new xorg.conf) without having to reinstall anything.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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