Re: [gNewSense-users] wallpaper larger than rest of gnome

[Steven DuBois]

On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 13:20 -0800, Jason Self wrote:
> >> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Steven DuBois <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> > I've been having a problem ever since I switched from vesa to intel.
> >> > Sometimes when I boot, GDM is 1024x768 in the top left hand corner,
> >> > while the tan background is at 1280x800. When I log in, my wallpaper is
> >> > at 1280x800, but the rest of gnome is at 1024x768 in the top left
> >> > corner.
> >> >
> >> > Sometimes everything is in 1280x800 like it should be, but other times
> >> > it isn't. The only solution I have found for this issue is to restart X
> >> > when GDM starts.
> >> >
> >> > This issue appears to have been fixed, but it is either persisting or my
> >> > problem is unrelated.
> >> >
> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/152416
> >> >
> >> > Any help or advice on this annoying little problem would be appreciated.
> 
> > On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 08:01 -0800, Jason Self wrote:
> >>
> >> Can you send your xorg.conf & Xorg.0.log to http://gnewsense.pastebin.com?
> 
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Steven DuBois <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > http://gnewsense.pastebin.com/m42632c01
> > http://gnewsense.pastebin.com/m734beaac
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> The logs confirm that your system thinks another display is available.
> I assume that there isn't? If so this is a known issue with the intel
> driver and bug 25913 has been reported upstream and assigned to the
> Intel folks. It might be helpful if you could contribute anything to
> the bug.
> 
> xrandr --output TV --off should turn off the non-existent display and
> give you a normal screen. Alternatively, a patch exists that disables
> the problematic detection code entirely.
> 
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25913
> 
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Thanks. that took care of it.