display "stretched"

[brian]

Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> 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?

Thanks. Yeah, when this happens, I can easily open a terminal. Thanks 
for the tip. I've just saved the output (I'll print it here, fwiw) so i 
can compare the next time this happens. And I'll go through the man page 
to figure out how to (try to) reset the dims.

I'd really like to know, though, if there's something in a log that 
might provide a clue as to why it's happening.

This is the current output (the screen is fine). I doubt there's 
anything here to suggest what the problem might be.

$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1152 x 864, maximum 1152 x 864
default connected 1152x864+0+0 0mm x 0mm
    1152x864       60.0*
    1024x768       70.0     60.0
    1024x576       60.0
    960x600        60.0
    960x540        60.0
    800x600        60.0     56.0
    768x576        60.0
    720x576        60.0
    856x480        60.0
    800x480        60.0
    720x480        61.0
    640x480        67.0     60.0
    720x400        70.0
    512x384        60.0
    400x300        60.0
    320x240        61.0