Hi folks,
I have installed U-Mate on an eeeBox and it went smoothly. However I am also recycling a Phillips 4x3 style screen that the U-Mate/computer does not recognise and does not offer 1280x1024 dimensions required for this screen. I have been able to devise CLI commands using ‘xrandr’ to define a screen mode and I am quite happy with it.
xrandr --newmode “1280x1024_60.00” 109.00 1280 1368 1496 1712 1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA1 “1280x1024_60.00”
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode “1280x1024_60.00”
To invoke it automatically, I have added the above lines to /usr/sbin/lightdm-session and now have the screen appearing after login. So far so good…
To tidy things up I would like the screen definition to “work” earlier in the boot up as the initial U-Mate screens are still distorted. I have read a lot of conflicting advice about this, and I would like to be pointed to some definitive advice as to how I can can embed the definition, as early (deeply?) as possible and, most importantly, in the most logical place. eg if I swap monitors, I don’t have to undo it all, I can just select the new monitor.
Thank you for interest so far, any ideas/suggestions, Rob