855GM not changing resolutions for games

[Alan Hourihane]

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 11:23 -0500, tuxrocks at cox.net wrote:
> On Friday 20 January 2006 3:08 am, Alan Hourihane wrote: 
> > On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 22:26 -0600, Wayne Smith wrote: 
> > > Recently, I upgraded to xorg 6.9.  I can actually get the higher, 
> native 
> > > resolution (1280x800) and 1024x768.  All is well, except for when I 
> try 
> > > to play a game, such as tuxracer, supertux, or enemy 
> territory.  When the 
> > > game begins, it cannot seem to lower the resolution to what is 
> needed, 
> > > and the game remains fairly small and only takes up a portion of the 
> > > screen, usually the center.  (Enemy Territory actually becomes 
> bottom and 
> > > left justified.)  A screenshot of what is happening can be found here: 
> > > http://staff.norman.k12.ok.us/~wsmith/snapshot1.png. 
> > > 
> > > Everything was fine with 6.8.2: resolution and games.  My window 
> manager 
> > > and all other apps seem fine.  Using 855resolution and 915resolution, 
> I 
> > > can see all the modes I need (800x600, 640x480, etc.), but for some 
> > > reason can't seem to get Xorg to see them, as it only allows me the 
> two 
> > > higher resolutions, no matter what combination of modes and 
> modelines I 
> > > employ. 
> > > 
> > > Any ideas? 
> > 
> > A log would be useful to identify any issues with your configuration. 
> > 
> > Alan. 
>  
> I'm a little embarrassed that I did not include it...glancing through it, I  
> see all of the modes apparently picked up by xorg, but I still can't seem to  
> utilize any.  Due to length, I have linked to it: 
> http://staff.norman.k12.ok.us/~wsmith/Xorg.0.log. 
>  
> At the current time, I have my original xorg.conf that worked fine with  
> release 6.8.2.  In other words, mode and modeline-less.  If adding them 
> and  
> then producing another log file would be of help, I can do that. 

Looking at this log you've only specified 1024x768 and 1280x1024 in your
config file.

Alan.