Unable to set resolution

[Joseph Kubik]

What Distro?
What version of X?
What is the monitor? LCD / CRT?
If you log in as root, what resolution do you get?
-Joseph-

On 11/29/05, Sy Ali <sy1234-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have this really great new monitor but it's stuck at 1024x768.  It's
> stuck for only one user and not for root.
>
> As the user, I can get into the pclos control panel and everything is
> set correctly.  I've restarted the server but when I log in as that
> particular user, the resolution is back to 1024x768.  Again the pclos
> control panel settings are correct, but nothing has happened in
> reality.
>
> Looking at the KDE control panel, it's stuck at 1024x768 and has no
> settings to bring it higher.
>
> xorg.conf looks like it ought to, with references to the new monitor
> and nothing relating to the old one.  However, the user is stuck at a
> resolution not even referenced in xorg.conf.  Moreover, ctrl-alt-+
> does nothing.  It's as though this user has its own X11 settings that
> it's referring to.
>
>
> Ideas?
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