display(xorg) settings are not saved

[krokkofant]

Hi,

I am testing Jaunty(beta) and everything seems to work well, except for this problem:

I have a laptop (Lenevo X200) and an external monitor. When I start Kubuntu I get a mirrored image on both internal and external screen. I would like to change the resolution of the external monitor from 1024x768(default at boot) to 1280x1024. I make this change in the "display" part of the "system settings" program in Kubuntu. This works fine.
Now.. here is the Problem: next time I boot the resolution of the external monitor is back to 1024x768, and I have to configure it again. It seems that the settings are not saved...?

Could I do something to preserve the settings?
Is this a bug, and if yes - where should I report it?

Thanks for helping me !

Regards Krokkofant

[sourabh041149ece]

Re: display(xorg) settings are not saved

Try this , Firstly open the file xorg.conf
#vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and change the resolution to 1024x768 or as desired

i think this should work ,,,

[krokkofant]

Re: display(xorg) settings are not saved

Thanks for the tip.. but what do I have to write into the xorg.conf file?

This is how it looks now:
--------------------------------------------
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection
----------------------------------------------------------

[krokkofant]

Re: display(xorg) settings are not saved

Short update.
Yes, this is bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ce/+bug/268434

[ukchucktown]

Re: display(xorg) settings are not saved

I had the same annoying problem but you can force the monitor to use the correct resolution. I don't recommend modifying the generated xorg.conf file. I posted my latest xorg.conf file. I boot up with a dual monitor configuration (no mirroring) with a Lenovo T61. Slightly different hardware but I think you use the intel driver, same as me. I had to force my VGA monitor to 1680x1050 with the "Screen" section in my xorg.conf file, otherwise it would default to 1280x1024. You can view supported resolutions of your outputs with xrandr.

Grant

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Dell 2007WFP"
    Option     "DPMS"
    Option     "RightOf" "LVDS"
    HorizSync   30-83
    VertRefresh  56-76
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Laptop Monitor"
    Option     "DPMS"
    HorizSync   28-80
    VertRefresh  43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier   "External Screen"
    Device     "VGA"
    Monitor    "Dell 2007WFP"
    DefaultDepth  24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes     "1680x1050"
        Virtual    2960 1050
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "VGA"
    Driver     "intel"
    BusId     "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option     "monitor-VGA" "Dell 2007WFP"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "LVDS"
    Driver     "intel"
    BusId     "PCI:0:2:1"
    Option     "monitor-LVDS" "Laptop Monitor"
EndSection

[krokkofant]

Re: display(xorg) settings are not saved

Thanks ukchucktown !

Using your xorg.conf file + some small changes I actually managed to get a dual head setup on my lenevo X200. Left I have the laptop screen with 1280x800 and right I have an external monitor with 1280x1024.

This is my xorg.conf:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "BENQ FP937s+"
    Option     "DPMS"
    Option     "RightOf" "LVDS"
    HorizSync    30-80
    VertRefresh   56-76
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Laptop Monitor"
    Option     "DPMS"
    HorizSync    28-80
    VertRefresh   43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier   "External Screen"
    Device     "VGA"
    Monitor     "Lenevo X200"
    DefaultDepth  24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth      24
        Modes      "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier   "External Screen"
    Device     "LVDS"
    Monitor     "Laptop Monitor"
    DefaultDepth  24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth      24
        Modes      "1280x800"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "VGA"
    Driver     "intel"
    BusId      "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option     "monitor-VGA" "BENQ FP937s+"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "LVDS"
    Driver     "intel"
    BusId      "PCI:0:2:1"
    Option     "monitor-LVDS" "Laptop Monitor"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	"DontZap"	"False"
EndSection