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We don't use the resolutions by default since a long time but leave the decision to the X server because this usually works better than the other way around. If someone wants to force usage of a special resolution just provide it on the grml-x commandline or activate the (by defaut) deactivated Modelines in xorg.conf.

Thanks for assisting, Michael. Does anyone of you care to send a short summary back to the mailinglist so that people have the chance to find the solution for the problem in the archive?

regards, -mika-

Sure! Here you go. This isn't actually very short, but it's thorough.... :-)

To recap - My problem was that I was getting a "bouncing window" ( which said "Attention: Input not supported" ) going around the screen when I went into X.

I have an AOC LCD monitor (model AOC LM925 ). Here's the URL for the manual ( very kindly given to me by Michael Schierl ) -

http://www.aocmonitor-anz.com/support/manuals/LM925usermanual8ms.pdf

I use Linux Mint 4 as my default distro. My Linux Mint monitor settings are - 1280x1024 H: 64kHz V: 60Hz Analog input

My grml settings were - 1024x768 H: 48kHz V: 60 Hz Analog input

The above settings correspond to SXGA for Linux Mint, and XGA for grml. I found that out from the table at the end of the monitor documentation.

The first thing that got rid of the window was that I went into Linux Mint and got a copy of my xorg.conf file. I copied that onto a USB key. Went back into grml, made a backup copy of the grml xorg.conf, and then (as su) copied my Linux Mint file into /etc/X11/xorg.conf. ( The bouncy window was still around while I did this ). Went out of X to the command-line. Went back into X and the bouncing window had gone.

The second thing that worked was that I went back into grml ( this was a new session - I didn't save my xorg.conf settings ). I ran this suggested command to start X -

grml-x -mode 1280x1024 -hsync 64 -vsync 60 fluxbox

It worked perfectly - No bouncing window appeared.

Bye for now - - Andy