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Greeter (login) screen resolution

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oguldon
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Greeter (login) screen resolution

#1 Post by oguldon »

Hello
I've hit a bit of a snag, I'm trying to set the default screen res for gdm3 (the Greeter (login)) screen
I have gone though greeter.dconf-defaults found the option for the welcome text, just not the screen resolution

once I log in as a user, I can set/change that users screen res,

I'm hoping its something simple that I've missed

thanks in advance

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Re: Greeter (login) screen resolution

#2 Post by arochester »

once I log in as a user, I can set/change that users screen res,
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Re: Greeter (login) screen resolution

#3 Post by oguldon »

tried that, did not work.
don't know where is even getting that setting from

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Re: Greeter (login) screen resolution

#4 Post by phenest »

Once you've logged in, is the users desktop resolution as expected? Is it just the login greeter that is wrong?
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Re: Greeter (login) screen resolution

#5 Post by oguldon »

Yes. it's only the greeter, not a user's environment/profile
i was hoping its a line in the "greeter.dconf-defaults" but I don't see anything about it or for it

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Re: Greeter (login) screen resolution

#6 Post by ruffwoof »

I use lightdm and have a line within its /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

display-setup-script=/usr/local/bin/1280x720

and that script contains a xrandr command specific to my hardware to set my preferred resolution

#!/bin/bash
xrandr --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1280x720_60.00 --rate 59.86 --output DVI-I-1 --off

Searching using that concept for gdm produced

https://askubuntu.com/questions/12998/h ... gin-screen

(similar ... but different)

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Re: Greeter (login) screen resolution

#7 Post by phenest »

What about Xorg? Wouldn't that set the initial resolution before the login greeter. Then, maybe, Gnome Shell changes the resolution again after the greeter.

Do you use a xorg.conf file?
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Re: Greeter (login) screen resolution

#8 Post by shinobi »

Anyone figure this out? I have tried many ideas via Google none worked, not monitors.xml trick, not xrandr run in Default for gdm3, etc. Don't seem to have valid xorg.conf file applicable for the greeter?

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Re: Greeter (login) screen resolution

#9 Post by dachshund-digital »

Seem here, really would like to know how to do this. Wonder why the developers of gnome never seem to explain this? Just asking?

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