The first suggestion, clicking on the default checkbox in screen resolution,
did not help.  I haven't tried the second method yet.

- Joey

On 2/3/07, Tom Marble <tmarble at info9.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
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