excellent Distribution BUT! - very limited options on changing screen resolution

[patarok]

I really loved your distribution.
I saw it and i was in love with it from the first moment.
Easy. nice. clear. structured. i really began to hope for having finally found a useful linux dist.

BUT:
then it happened. i tried to change my display res.(connected by VGA - no other option)
from 1024x768@60Hz to 1280x768@60Hz or something else...
NOT A CHANCE.
I dont get the fr... idea behind having to manually trick around with xrandr and manually creating special xorg.conf files in a modern times Operating System.
Thats not especially the fault of the linuxliteos packagers... because "ubuntuwide" i dont see an easy way to get around this if you have old displays or projectors and want to get the maximum out of them.

There  are loads of randr apps with which you can change res. from one sys-preset res. to another. But not a chance to put in a certain resolution you know your device is capable of, testing it and permanently add it to the xrandr listings or not to say permenantly boot with the same resolution if you do not want to frickle around with some system files.
You are nearly there... but changing the resolution on a display is such an essential thing. and many linux users dont tend to buy the newest or very popular hardware(incl. displays)

and if i can do that with gtf, xrandr, add a mode manually, why cant we automate this or even have a program for such issues...? I really dont get the point.
The thing it really kills me and i could write down my problem here about 99times or so is just that it really bugs me.
I tried to set up an old machine today for managing my RAW image files in the cellar where i also have a mini-studio for product photography. i set up everything installed darktable etc.
but i tried a few times with one dist. (it was a bit older and set up my display automatically but i wasnt able to obtain a recent version of darktable with this distro.) next dist. not a chance.
next dist. problems with install.
next dist. would work somehow but quirky. but not a chance to set the resolution right.
next dist. - linuxliteos... looks good. set up everything. REALLY looked like the big deal. read about easy to configure even install for fglrx...
Then ... i saw new fglrx threw out radeon 9600 series cards... so no proprietary driver... no amdccle ... no easy changing resolutions... tried to manually install legacy driver... failed(-too old to fit in) ...tried a few times with xrandr apps like arandr etc... then my left eyelid began to twinkle... because i saw ITS ABOUT 50min PAST MIDNIGHT and I spent a whole day trying to get a decent resolution for my display to work. --- IF YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I HAD THAT(SIMILAR) PROBLEM WITH A DOZEN DISTS BY NOW. - no i will not add anything manually anymore.  because i think that is like if i would have to start a new Audi quattro by attaching a crank to a hole in its front-grill and winding it around like its 1930... no not with me. thank you.

You have a really nice distro here. really promising. but that with the custom resolutions and so on is something you should really do something about.
I am not a programmer and i dont want to become one, but i have a bit understanding for all those things because i visited a higher educational school for IT and biz for one year, when i was younger;
And I am really convinced that you could deliver a solution for such problems easily if you want to.
script based, or i dunno what... but me and loads of other linux users would really like to see a change here.

[nomko]

Before you keep continuing ranting/shouting/yelling, please provide us with detailed information of your system:

Open a terminal and type the following terminal command:

Code:

inxi -Fxz

Copy and paste the input here.

[patarok]

A shout, scream, yell, shriek, hoot, holler, vociferation, outcry, or bellow is a loud vocalisation in which air is passed through the vocal folds with greater force than is used in regular or close-distance vocalisation.

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actually that is the reason why I didnt want to reply in first. Because i feel its OK if someone is offended by speaking too loud, but when somebody complains about capital letters and calls an honest opinion(or if you want so critics) a rant,
i consider the discussion is going into a direction where i may be insulted if going on, writing my honest opinion.

but I thought a bit about it and as it is free software i consider I will have to contribute to keep it that way.

I have now crammed around my whole house and played "musical chairs" with the displays in my house so i dont have to worry about that any more.


as i said, there should be a more simple solution then tinkering around with outputs of analysis tools. but if you feel like, give it a go:

System:    Host: Photeon Kernel: 3.19.0-51-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.4)
          Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 (Gtk 2.24.23) Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5B-VM version: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 0901 date: 07/03/2007
CPU:      Dual core Intel Core2 CPU 6300 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7466.78
          Clock Speeds: 1: 1866.695 MHz 2: 1866.695 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV530 [Radeon X1600 PRO] bus-ID: 01:00.0
          X.Org: 1.17.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected], [email protected]
          GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV530 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.5.9 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:    Card: Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
          Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.19.0-51-generic
Network:  Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
          driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: a800 bus-ID: 02:00.0
          IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1500.3GB (0.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3500630AS size: 500.1GB
          2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EACS size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 442G used: 6.9G (2%) fs: ext4 ID: /boot size: 980M used: 86M (10%) fs: ext2
          ID: swap-1 size: 17.77GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:  System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0C mobo: 40.0C
          Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 835 psu: 0 sys-1: 0
Info:      Processes: 196 Uptime: 13 min Memory: 646.2/1984.5MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
          Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17

But as I said, i already played "musical chairs" with my displays so the display that stood here formerly, is now in "screwdriver heaven"... so i guess, this output will not lead you anywhere...

Again i could do like it is suggested here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1112186 but i better invest my time in my dog now, because i gave up 2 days on tinkering around already.

and i only can repeat: I just dont see it, that there would be the need to do all this manually.


-- next thing> I already had the current display set-up configured, like with the monitor settings tool (linux lite control center)...  and was really lucky.
but, it looks like the settings got reset when i booted up an hour ago.( the screens were in mirror mode again)

I will report if the settings reset themselves again.(in this thread)

btw, it is a shame that you did not pick up the compliment and referred to this as a shout/rant. If you still feel that i am shouting plz let me now. than i will write the next answer more like a telegram.