catmistake
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I've searched around the forums, been mucking about in /etc/X11/.xorg.conf ... no satisfaction.
When I first installed, I got 4 resolutions, 1600x1200, 1024x768, 800x600, & 640x480. 1600x1200 usable, but too big, 1024x768, usable, but too small, and the other 2 completely unusable.
Here's what I'd like (widescreen resolutions):
1680x1050
1440x900
1344x840
1280x800
I've seen a few posts where some have had success modifying someone else's xorg.conf file, and then summarize what they did, or posted the file, and, well, this just hasn't worked for me... and now I've been through so many mods I don't even know where I stand... (well... ok... it seems to be permanently stuck in 1024x768)... nothing I do to .xorg.conf is changing resolutions or adding options in Preferences/Desktop Preferences/Display/Screen Resolution (I'm using JDS).
So here I am asking for a Solaris users' working xorg.conf file. No... I don't want instruction... I don't what to know what worked for your brother's wife's sister's nephew... I don't want to know how you got widescreen to work in ubuntu... I don't want to know what I can try... and I certainly don't want to know if you're in the same state I am and can't figure it out either. I can appreciate your empathy and your desire to help... but don't bother unless you're doing the same thing, and you have the answer.
If you've got solaris running in parallels, and you got your widescreen working, such that Parallels will allow you to run it in fullscreen mode, either on an iMac or MBP... please post your .xorg.conf and I'll pop it in, and if it works, then I'll start modifying it to suit my needs.
Thanks, and apologies for my tone... I guess I've just read a few too many posts in a few too many long threads that never quite lead anywhere...
When I first installed, I got 4 resolutions, 1600x1200, 1024x768, 800x600, & 640x480. 1600x1200 usable, but too big, 1024x768, usable, but too small, and the other 2 completely unusable.
Here's what I'd like (widescreen resolutions):
1680x1050
1440x900
1344x840
1280x800
I've seen a few posts where some have had success modifying someone else's xorg.conf file, and then summarize what they did, or posted the file, and, well, this just hasn't worked for me... and now I've been through so many mods I don't even know where I stand... (well... ok... it seems to be permanently stuck in 1024x768)... nothing I do to .xorg.conf is changing resolutions or adding options in Preferences/Desktop Preferences/Display/Screen Resolution (I'm using JDS).
So here I am asking for a Solaris users' working xorg.conf file. No... I don't want instruction... I don't what to know what worked for your brother's wife's sister's nephew... I don't want to know how you got widescreen to work in ubuntu... I don't want to know what I can try... and I certainly don't want to know if you're in the same state I am and can't figure it out either. I can appreciate your empathy and your desire to help... but don't bother unless you're doing the same thing, and you have the answer.
If you've got solaris running in parallels, and you got your widescreen working, such that Parallels will allow you to run it in fullscreen mode, either on an iMac or MBP... please post your .xorg.conf and I'll pop it in, and if it works, then I'll start modifying it to suit my needs.
Thanks, and apologies for my tone... I guess I've just read a few too many posts in a few too many long threads that never quite lead anywhere...
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