• Clay
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Topic: grander not saveing display settings

Hi all:

Fresh Install of CrunchBang 10 alpha 02 openbox  not modified P IV

when I change my display resolution with grander the change is only good for the current log on,
when I reboot / restart the display reverts back to the original installed setting.

I have looked in the forums but I can't find how to make my display setting perminant. Will someone please point me
in the right direction ?

Thank you for your help.

Clay

Using CrunchBang 10 Alpha 2 “Statler” Openbox
Pentium IV desktop made from old discarded fiddly bits

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Re: grander not saveing display settings

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/75264/#p75264

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  • Clay
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Re: grander not saveing display settings

After following the links provided by anonymous I am still unable to make my display resolution persistent upon shut down and or reboot. I need some more help in understanding how the X display system works, and how to modify it.

Clay

Using CrunchBang 10 Alpha 2 “Statler” Openbox
Pentium IV desktop made from old discarded fiddly bits

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  • luc
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Re: grander not saveing display settings

to provide you with a (not so nice but working) solution:
open a terminal and run:

xrandr

it should list the possible resolutions as you see them in grandr. now run

xrandr -sX

where X is the entry of your choice (start counting at zero)
if it worked correctly you can add the xrandr -sX to your ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh that way it is executed every time you log in

so this does not teach you how to configure X but it worked for me.
luc