Shut laptop.... whacked resolution...

[Jason Clinton]

Try hitting Ctrl + Alt + + or Ctrl + Alt + - to flip through 
resolutions. This should cause the XFree86 to re-init the video device.

Matt Graham wrote:
> Man...  all these meetings you guys are having sound cool. Field trips
> and all?!?  Looks like we have a date now...  we'll be moving out there
> the first week of June.  
> 
> So, I found something interesting.  I'm running rh8 on my laptop (dell
> inspiron 8200).  When I shut the lid or the screen goes off to conserve
> battery power, the resolution is stretched funny when it comes back on
> (or when I open it up.)  It's about twice as wide as it is tall, and
> only half the screen (with crazy proportions) is showing.  In the
> display settings, I made sure it was using the correct (I think) monitor
> and that the physical size is set.  Tho...  I use a ruler to find the
> physical size.   Still...same stuff.
> 
> The only way to fix it is to restart X.  I just use ctrl-alt-bksp.  
> 
> Has anyone seen this before?
> 
> Matt
> 
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Jason Clinton
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