How to get Slackware 13.37 to remember screen resolution?

forrest44 · 06-07-2011, 05:54 PM

I've installed Slackware 13.37, it's working well in general

There is no xorg.conf file

How do I get it to remember my screen resolution? (I'm using a CRT monitor and often adjust the default resolution)

Having to change the resolution after each startup is not ideal

I tried using my old xorg.conf file from Slack 12.2 with my resolution settings, but no joy

dwblas · 06-07-2011, 06:11 PM

I use the following in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to set the resolution and virtual screen size. However, if you use something like Compiz, those settings may override the xorg.conf settings.

Code:

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768"
        Virtual  1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768"
        Virtual  1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768"
        Virtual  1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768"
        Virtual  1024 768
    EndSubsection

mRgOBLIN · 06-07-2011, 06:14 PM

Well it really does depend on what you are using there... Some DE's give you an applet for this or, if you have Nvidia Graphics with the proprietary friver installed you can use "nvidia-settings", xrandr is another tool and there are many others.

You'll need to give a little more info if you expect a more precise answer.