Hello,
Its been a while since I was here but I'm majorly struggling. I'm basically a Linux beginner. Trying to figure out how to get my mint 17 system to boot up at the correct resolution on my external display. Its a laptop hooked to a tv with a VGA port. The laptop stays closed when its in use ( i basically just treat it like a desktop) I can make it work for an individual session by running
xrandr --newmode "1360x768_60.00" 84.75 1360 1432 1568 1776 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA1 1360x768_60.00
This change is not persisten when i reboot.
I read about making an xorg.conf file. I found a tutorial that had me create the file using "xorg-configure". It then had me fill in some blanks. I didn't realize it at the time but apparently the tutorial was for a much older version of mint. I tried reading through the xorg manual but most of it goes right over my head. Anyway... this is what i have...
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"EndSectionSection "Files"ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"FontPath "built-ins"EndSectionSection "Module"Load "glx"EndSectionSection "InputDevice"Identifier "Keyboard0"Driver "kbd"EndSectionSection "InputDevice"Identifier "Mouse0"Driver "mouse"Option "Protocol" "auto"Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"EndSectionSection "Monitor"Identifier "Monitor0"Modeline "1360x768_60.00" 84.75 1360 1432 1568 1776 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsyncVendorName "Monitor Vendor"ModelName "Monitor Model"EndSectionSection "Monitor"Identifier "Monitor1"Modeline "1360x768_60.00" 84.75 1360 1432 1568 1776 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsyncVendorName "Monitor Vendor"ModelName "Monitor Model"EndSectionSection "Device"### Available Driver options are:-### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",### <percent>: "<f>%"### [arg]: arg optional#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>#Option "Backlight" # <str>#Option "DRI" # <str>#Option "ColorKey" # <i>#Option "VideoKey" # <i>#Option "Tiling" # [<bool>]#Option "LinearFramebuffer" # [<bool>]#Option "VSync" # [<bool>]#Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>]#Option "SwapbuffersWait" # [<bool>]#Option "TripleBuffer" # [<bool>]#Option "XvPreferOverlay" # [<bool>]#Option "HotPlug" # [<bool>]#Option "ReprobeOutputs" # [<bool>]#Option "XvMC" # [<bool>]#Option "ZaphodHeads" # <str>#Option "VirtualHeads" # <i>#Option "TearFree" # [<bool>]#Option "PerCrtcPixmaps" # [<bool>]#Option "FallbackDebug" # [<bool>]#Option "DebugFlushBatches" # [<bool>]#Option "DebugFlushCaches" # [<bool>]#Option "DebugWait" # [<bool>]#Option "BufferCache" # [<bool>]Identifier "Card0"Driver "intel"BusID "PCI:0:2:0"EndSectionSection "Device"### Available Driver options are:-### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",### <percent>: "<f>%"### [arg]: arg optional#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>#Option "Backlight" # <str>#Option "DRI" # <str>#Option "ColorKey" # <i>#Option "VideoKey" # <i>#Option "Tiling" # [<bool>]#Option "LinearFramebuffer" # [<bool>]#Option "VSync" # [<bool>]#Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>]#Option "SwapbuffersWait" # [<bool>]#Option "TripleBuffer" # [<bool>]#Option "XvPreferOverlay" # [<bool>]#Option "HotPlug" # [<bool>]#Option "ReprobeOutputs" # [<bool>]#Option "XvMC" # [<bool>]#Option "ZaphodHeads" # <str>#Option "VirtualHeads" # <i>#Option "TearFree" # [<bool>]#Option "PerCrtcPixmaps" # [<bool>]#Option "FallbackDebug" # [<bool>]#Option "DebugFlushBatches" # [<bool>]#Option "DebugFlushCaches" # [<bool>]#Option "DebugWait" # [<bool>]#Option "BufferCache" # [<bool>]Identifier "Card1"Driver "intel"BusID "PCI:0:2:1"EndSectionSection "Screen"Identifier "Screen0"Device "Card0"Monitor "Monitor0"SubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 1Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 4Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 8Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 15EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 16EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 24EndSubSectionEndSectionSection "Screen"Identifier "Screen1"Device "Card1"Monitor "Monitor1"SubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 1Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 4Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 8Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 15Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 16Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionSubSection "Display"Viewport 0 0Depth 24Modes "1360x768"EndSubSectionEndSection
When i boot computer is pops up a window that basically says it failed to apply new resolution.