Joey Rockhold wrote:
> I am running 2 Ubuntu machines. I have them both hooked to a KVM
> switch. When I boot either of them up, and I do not have the KVM set to
> those particular machines, they boot up in 640x480 mode (or 800x600).
> Yet if the KVM switch is on those computers while they boot, I get my
> full 1280x1024 resolution. Can anyone direct me to how to lock down the
> resolution I want?
On my feisty (pre-release) system one can change change the default resolution
in the Gnome menu: System | Control Center, then click on "Screen Resolution"
and select the default.
The "old school" (and perhaps simpler) way to do this is by editing
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (save the current version first!).
You will find a section like this:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
For each instance of the line "Modes" insure that you have only the
resolution(s) that you want.
HTH,
--Tom