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LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

Post by antimatter »

Hello all,

I have a computer with LM17 Cinnamon, which I occasionally boot via Wake-on-LAN and then administrate via SSH session. While the PC powers up, the monitor is plugged into a separate power strip with the master switch being turned off. So the monitor has no power. When I later turn that power strip on, the monitor turns on and I can see the Cinnamon desktop with very low resolution. About 800x600.

Ok, LM probably has a problem detecting the native resolution 1280x1024, when that monitor is powered off. But as it is booting right through to the desktop, can I somewhere force LM17 to use the native resolution no matter what?

Some specs:

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CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3 CPU 530 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1200.00 MHz 2: 1200.00 MHz 3: 1200.00 MHz 4: 1200.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Desktop GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3
Monitor:   Samsung SyncMaster 913N via VGA (that thing has VGA only)
Best regards,
Andreas
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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

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Open the Terminal and type this command and post the output:

xrandr
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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

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Hi,
thanks for helping. Here is the output of xrandr (via putty), when the desktop is loaded with the screen powered off:

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Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
VGA1 connected primary 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768       60.0*
   800x600        60.3     56.2
   848x480        60.0
   640x480        59.9
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Then I switched the screen on, ran xrandr in a terminal (then the resolution changed to native) and I got this:

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Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 32767 x 32767
VGA1 connected primary 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
   1280x1024      60.0*+   75.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0  
   832x624        74.6  
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
   640x480        75.0     72.8     66.7     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

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First create a directory named "xorg.conf.d" in /etc/X11, by typing this command in the Terminal:

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sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
Create a file named 20-monitor.conf in that directory with this command:

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gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-monitor.conf
In the opened file, add these lines:

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Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "VGA1"
    ModelName      "Samsung 913N"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0 
    DisplaySize     376 301
    Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"	
    Option "Enable" "true"
EndSection
Save the file and reboot.

If there is a startup problem after rebooting, then at the GRUB boot menu select “Recovery Mode”. If no menu shows, then hold
down the Shift key while starting. In the menu, select “root - drop to root shell prompt”. When asked for the root password, just type
your user password. Then change the file permissions to read and write by typing:

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mount -o remount,rw /

Then rename the 20-monitor.conf file with this command:

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mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-monitor.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-monitor.conf.old
Then type:
reboot
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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

Post by antimatter »

Hm... that doesn't seem to work. The resolution is still 1024x768, when I boot with the monitor powered off.

There do appear some lines in the Xorg logfile that correlate with that configuration file 20-monitor.conf.

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[    16.000] 
X.Org X Server 1.15.1
Release Date: 2014-04-13
[    16.000] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    16.000] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-61-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[    16.000] Current Operating System: Linux papa 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64
[    16.000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=6217b532-8f8e-4b86-b376-6e8ef87b992b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
[    16.000] Build Date: 30 July 2014  12:21:54AM
[    16.000] xorg-server 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.1 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
[    16.000] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
[    16.000] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    16.000] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    16.000] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Nov  2 16:31:12 2014
[    16.016] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    16.016] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    16.027] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    16.027] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    16.027] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    16.027] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    16.028] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[    16.028] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    16.028] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    16.028] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    16.028] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[    16.028] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    16.028] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[    16.028] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    16.028] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[    16.028] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    16.028] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[    16.028] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    16.028] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[    16.028] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    16.028] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	built-ins
[    16.028] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    16.028] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    16.028] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fa73a47cd40
[    16.028] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    16.028] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    16.028] 	X.Org Video Driver: 15.0
[    16.028] 	X.Org XInput driver : 20.0
[    16.028] 	X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
[    16.028] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    16.031] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0042:1043:8383 rev 18, Mem @ 0xf7800000/4194304, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/8
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension Present
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension DRI3
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension SELinux
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[    16.031] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[    16.031] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    16.050] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    16.101] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    16.101] 	compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 1.0.0
[    16.101] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 8.0
[    16.101] (==) AIGLX enabled
[    16.101] Loading extension GLX
[    16.101] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[    16.101] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 1
[    16.101] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[    16.101] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[    16.101] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[    16.101] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    16.101] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[    16.101] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[    16.109] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    16.109] 	compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 2.99.910
[    16.109] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    16.109] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0
[    16.109] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    16.109] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[    16.109] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    16.109] 	compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 0.8.1
[    16.109] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    16.109] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0
[    16.109] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    16.109] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[    16.109] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    16.109] 	compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 0.4.4
[    16.109] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    16.109] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0
[    16.109] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    16.110] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[    16.110] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    16.110] 	compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 2.3.3
[    16.110] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    16.110] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0
[    16.110] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
	i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
	915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
	Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[    16.110] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-6000
[    16.110] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100, 6100
[    16.110] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200, 6200, P6300
[    16.110] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[    16.110] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[    16.110] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[    16.110] (++) using VT number 8

[    16.112] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.1 (Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@ubuntu.com>)
[    16.112] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[    16.112] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[    16.112] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[    16.112] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    16.113] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[    16.113] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    16.113] 	compiled for 1.15.1, module version = 0.0.2
[    16.113] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0
[    16.113] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[    16.114] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) HD Graphics
[    16.114] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2
[    16.114] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    16.114] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    16.114] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[    16.114] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    16.114] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled
[    16.114] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled
[    16.114] (**) intel(0): "Tear free" disabled
[    16.114] (**) intel(0): Forcing per-crtc-pixmaps? no
[    16.114] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 using monitor section VGA1
[    16.114] (**) intel(0): Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
[    16.114] (**) intel(0): Option "Enable" "true"
[    16.114] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[    16.114] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 has no monitor section
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Output DP2 has no monitor section
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA1
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0   33.75  848 864 976 1088  480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz e)
[    16.115] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 489 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI1
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI2
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP2
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VIRTUAL1
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 enabled by config file
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 disconnected
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 disconnected
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 disconnected
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Output DP2 disconnected
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 disconnected
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 using initial mode 1024x768
[    16.116] (II) intel(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
[    16.116] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[    16.116] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    16.116] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    16.116] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    16.116] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[    16.116] (II) Unloading modesetting
[    16.116] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[    16.116] (II) Unloading fbdev
[    16.116] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[    16.116] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[    16.116] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    16.116] (II) Unloading vesa
[    16.117] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[    16.117] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Ironlake (gen5) backend
[    16.117] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[    16.117] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    16.117] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[    16.117] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[    16.117] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[    16.118] (II) intel(0): [XvMC] xvmc_vld driver initialized.
[    16.118] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    16.118] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
[    16.118] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: i965
[    16.118] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
[    16.118] (==) intel(0): hotplug detection: "enabled"
[    16.118] (--) RandR disabled
[    16.129] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[    16.134] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965
[    16.134] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[    16.143] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1024x768@60.0 on VGA1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[    16.152] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 376 x 301
[    16.160] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-B20D7FC79C7F597315E3E501AEF10E0D866E8E92.xkm
[    16.172] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[    16.172] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    16.172] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[    16.172] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    16.185] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    16.185] 	compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 2.8.2
[    16.185] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    16.185] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 20.0
[    16.185] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    16.185] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    16.185] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[    16.186] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[    16.186] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[    16.186] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    16.186] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1/event1"
[    16.186] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[    16.186] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    16.186] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    16.186] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    16.189] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[    16.189] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[    16.189] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    16.189] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    16.189] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    16.189] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[    16.189] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[    16.189] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[    16.189] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    16.189] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0/event0"
[    16.189] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[    16.189] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    16.189] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    16.189] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    16.190] (II) config/udev: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0) card0 /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
[    16.190] (II) config/udev: Ignoring already known drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    16.190] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID Line (/dev/input/event11)
[    16.190] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.190] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.190] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID Line Out Front (/dev/input/event10)
[    16.190] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.190] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.190] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID Line Out Surround (/dev/input/event9)
[    16.190] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.190] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.191] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID Line Out CLFE (/dev/input/event8)
[    16.191] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.191] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.191] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID Line Out Side (/dev/input/event7)
[    16.191] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.191] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.191] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID Front Headphone (/dev/input/event6)
[    16.191] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.191] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.191] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event5)
[    16.191] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.191] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.191] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID Front Mic (/dev/input/event13)
[    16.191] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.191] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.192] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel MID Rear Mic (/dev/input/event12)
[    16.192] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.192] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.192] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse (/dev/input/event4)
[    16.192] (**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[    16.192] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse'
[    16.192] (**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: always reports core events
[    16.192] (**) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[    16.192] (--) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc00e
[    16.192] (--) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
[    16.192] (--) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[    16.192] (--) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Found relative axes
[    16.192] (--) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[    16.192] (II) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[    16.192] (II) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: Adding scrollwheel support
[    16.192] (**) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[    16.192] (**) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[    16.192] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1/2-1.1.4/2-1.1.4:1.0/input/input7/event4"
[    16.192] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 8)
[    16.192] (II) evdev: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[    16.192] (**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    16.192] (**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    16.192] (**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    16.192] (**) Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    16.192] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    16.192] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    16.192] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    16.193] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 046a:0023 (/dev/input/event2)
[    16.193] (**) HID 046a:0023: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    16.193] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'HID 046a:0023'
[    16.193] (**) HID 046a:0023: always reports core events
[    16.193] (**) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[    16.193] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Vendor 0x46a Product 0x23
[    16.193] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found keys
[    16.193] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Configuring as keyboard
[    16.193] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/input/input5/event2"
[    16.193] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 046a:0023" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[    16.193] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    16.193] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    16.193] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    16.193] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 046a:0023 (/dev/input/event3)
[    16.193] (**) HID 046a:0023: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    16.193] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'HID 046a:0023'
[    16.193] (**) HID 046a:0023: always reports core events
[    16.193] (**) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[    16.193] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Vendor 0x46a Product 0x23
[    16.193] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found 1 mouse buttons
[    16.193] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found scroll wheel(s)
[    16.193] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found relative axes
[    16.193] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Forcing relative x/y axes to exist.
[    16.193] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found absolute axes
[    16.193] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Forcing absolute x/y axes to exist.
[    16.193] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found keys
[    16.193] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Configuring as mouse
[    16.193] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Configuring as keyboard
[    16.193] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Adding scrollwheel support
[    16.193] (**) evdev: HID 046a:0023: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[    16.193] (**) evdev: HID 046a:0023: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[    16.193] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.1/input/input6/event3"
[    16.193] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 046a:0023" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[    16.193] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    16.193] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    16.193] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    16.194] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: initialized for relative axes.
[    16.194] (WW) evdev: HID 046a:0023: ignoring absolute axes.
[    16.194] (**) HID 046a:0023: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    16.194] (**) HID 046a:0023: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    16.194] (**) HID 046a:0023: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    16.194] (**) HID 046a:0023: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    44.706] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-1BCDDEFD4E35562D3483623A3498B96EFC960598.xkm
[    44.818] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-873B3C386247E02A5BA52E0A618C87D485AC438E.xkm
[    47.240] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-873B3C386247E02A5BA52E0A618C87D485AC438E.xkm
[    47.242] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-873B3C386247E02A5BA52E0A618C87D485AC438E.xkm
[    47.246] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-873B3C386247E02A5BA52E0A618C87D485AC438E.xkm
[    47.253] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-873B3C386247E02A5BA52E0A618C87D485AC438E.xkm
[    47.259] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-873B3C386247E02A5BA52E0A618C87D485AC438E.xkm
[    47.262] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-873B3C386247E02A5BA52E0A618C87D485AC438E.xkm
[    76.530] (II) config/udev: removing device HID 046a:0023
[    76.540] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Close
[    76.540] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[    76.553] (II) config/udev: removing device HID 046a:0023
[    76.560] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Close
[    76.560] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[    76.913] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 046a:0023 (/dev/input/event3)
[    76.913] (**) HID 046a:0023: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    76.913] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'HID 046a:0023'
[    76.913] (**) HID 046a:0023: always reports core events
[    76.913] (**) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[    76.913] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Vendor 0x46a Product 0x23
[    76.913] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found 1 mouse buttons
[    76.913] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found scroll wheel(s)
[    76.913] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found relative axes
[    76.913] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Forcing relative x/y axes to exist.
[    76.913] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found absolute axes
[    76.913] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Forcing absolute x/y axes to exist.
[    76.913] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found keys
[    76.913] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Configuring as mouse
[    76.913] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Configuring as keyboard
[    76.913] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Adding scrollwheel support
[    76.913] (**) evdev: HID 046a:0023: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[    76.913] (**) evdev: HID 046a:0023: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[    76.913] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.1/input/input18/event3"
[    76.913] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 046a:0023" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[    76.913] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    76.913] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    76.913] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    76.914] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: initialized for relative axes.
[    76.914] (WW) evdev: HID 046a:0023: ignoring absolute axes.
[    76.914] (**) HID 046a:0023: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    76.914] (**) HID 046a:0023: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    76.914] (**) HID 046a:0023: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    76.914] (**) HID 046a:0023: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    76.914] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HID 046a:0023 (/dev/input/event2)
[    76.914] (**) HID 046a:0023: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    76.914] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'HID 046a:0023'
[    76.914] (**) HID 046a:0023: always reports core events
[    76.914] (**) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[    76.914] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Vendor 0x46a Product 0x23
[    76.914] (--) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Found keys
[    76.914] (II) evdev: HID 046a:0023: Configuring as keyboard
[    76.914] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/input/input17/event2"
[    76.914] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HID 046a:0023" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[    76.914] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    76.914] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    76.914] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    92.788] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-935791BB8D314AF76E0BAA786B66BB82FD866F95.xkm
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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

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In the Terminal type this command:

cvt 1280 1024
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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

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# 1280x1024 59.89 Hz (CVT 1.31M4) hsync: 63.67 kHz; pclk: 109.00 MHz
Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync
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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

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Open the 20-monitor.conf file:

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gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-monitor.conf
Add this line:

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Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync
So the section will look like this:

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Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "VGA1"
    ModelName      "Samsung 913N"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0 
    DisplaySize     376 301
    Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync
    Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"	
    Option "Enable" "true"
EndSection
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[SOLVED] LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered

Post by antimatter »

Hey,

sorry for the delay. That last advice didn't do the trick yet, but I continued searching for xorg configurations referencing fixed resolutions. Found this answer at askubuntu.com. So in the end it all boils down to this:

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Section "Monitor"
  Identifier "Monitor0"
  Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Screen0"
  Device "VGA1"
  Monitor "Monitor0"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1280x1024_60.00"
  EndSubSection
EndSection
This works well so far. When I turn on the monitor with the system already running, it's doing a little auto-adjusting, but there is the desktop in 1280x1024.
Thanks for your help.

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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

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That's strange why the information in my previous post didn't work. I just tried it again on my system and it worked. The solution you
used is the standard method for adding a new resolution, which I was going to suggest next, but you didn't reply back right away. The
web page in the link below is often used in this forum as a reference when this type of resolution problem exists. It contains basically the
same information as the other source you used. The reason I don't use that first is that it will only work on the primary monitor, if there is
more than one connected monitor using an extended desktop display, where there usually can only be one Screen section in the xorg.conf
file or a configuration file created in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. This pertains to the open source drivers, which are intel, radeon and nouveau. If
the proprietary Nvidia driver is used, then information on more than one monitor can be added to the single Screen section, but it uses
metamode lines with a different format. However, multiple Monitor sections can be created if needed.

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/877
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Re: LM17 starts with low resolution with screen powered off

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Well, I don't know either, why your previous solution works on your system, but not on mine. That computer won't ever use a second screen, I am sure of that. So, as it is running for a few days now without any problems, this should be ok.
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