How is one supposed to use the KDE4 desktop ?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 22:15 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> On Friday 18 July 2008 22:06:15 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 14:18 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>> > > > i.e. KDE *knows* the screen is 1440x900, it just doesn't set it up
>> > > > correctly until poked.
>> > >
>> > > I don't think this is KDE at work, The is kxrandy or what ever it is
>> > > called. And it is normally not permanent. Use system-config-display to
>> > > set your resolution as you would like it.
>> >
>> > It won't allow me to set 1440x900, even when I set the monitor to be
>> > "Generic LCD at 1440x900". The specific model (SyncMaster 920nw) is not
>> > in the database.
>> >
>> Is the refresh rate correct for that setting?
>
> The only way to tell is to create the xorg.conf file. I did that and the
> horizontal and vertical rates are well within spec, but of course this
> is for the wrong resolution (1400x1050 instead of 1440x900).
>
> I realize I could just mess around with xorg.conf till it works, but
> that to me is not a solution. There is clearly a bug in KDE (maybe also
> in X or at least system-config-display) and a kludge isn't the answer. I
> can accept an xorg.conf file for some unusual requirement such as a
> proprietary video driver or even for 2 monitors, but this setup is just
> about as basic as it's possible to get and it isn't working.


How did you come to the conclusion that the bug is in KDE, your
Desktop Manager, and not xorg, your display manager?



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