[ale] How do you force a fixed resolution on Ubuntu 16.04

[Jim Kinney]

Start the box in run level 3. Run X -configure as root. It will generate an
xorg.conf file. Put that file in /etc/X11 and run startx. Edit that file if
needed.

On Sep 24, 2016 5:45 AM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:

> Back in the bad old days, I could eventually put a xorg.conf file together
> that would make my monitor play.  Xorg.conf appears to be gone.  I have a
> situation where a box running 16.04 is connected to a monitor and a
> projector via a splitter.  Even when turned off, the projector somehow
> becomes the primary monitor.  Since the projector has better resolution the
> system at boot sets the resolution to a geometry that the monitor can't
> display.  Now the system looks like it's hung.  We can disconnect the
> monitor cable temporarily to boot, but we'll eventually destroy the
> connectors that way.
>
> I can't spend any money on the solution so the next best thing is to tell
> the computer to used a fixed resolution that the monitor can display.  The
> projector is happy with that setting too.
>
> I can't seem to come up with the answer by searching, so I'd like some
> help. Xrandr might be the solution but I haven't figured out how to get it
> to effect the display before login.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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