display "stretched"

[Kevin J. Cummings]

brian wrote:
> Since upgrading to 10 a few weeks ago, I've occasionally logged in to 
> find the display stretched out of shape. Everything appears too tall & 
> thin. Logging out and back in has always fixed the problem.
> 
> I've gone through the logs but I really don't know what I should be 
> looking for, nor even what information I might post to this list to help 
> in diagnosing the issue other than my video card info. Can anyone give 
> me some pointers on what to look for, or what I can provide to help 
> solve this?

I can't say ofhand whatis causing it, but if you have access to a 
"stretched" terminal window, what does xrandr say about the display, and 
can you use it to return it to the proper size?

> The driver is:
> SiS 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
> 


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