On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Adam Williamson wrote:
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what's the output of 'xrandr' at a console?
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2080 x 800, maximum 4096 x 4096 VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 331mm x 207mm 1280x800 60.0*+ 1280x720 59.9 1152x768 59.8 1024x768 60.0 59.9 800x600 60.3 59.9 56.2 848x480 59.7 720x480 59.7 640x480 59.9 59.4 S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
I suspect it thinks you have a second display attached, at resolution 800x600.
i'm guessing you meant 800x800, not 800x600 -- that's the difference between the actual res (1280x800) and what "xdpyinfo" is showing. so, yes, it shows LVDS at the correct res (1280x800), but i don't see where it recognizes a second display.
oh, wait ... i just ran System->Prefs->Display and, sure enough, there was an additional 800x600 display. where did that come from? i certainly didn't select that kind of config during install.
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