FT6t2 Screen Resolution confusion

[Gerry Tool]

On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 12:37 +0530, Rahul wrote:
> Gerry Tool wrote:
> > On first boot, I found my screen resolution at an all time high of
> > 1920x1232 with refresh of 60Hz.
> > 
> > I used System > Preferences > Screen Resolution to set it to a more
> > comfortable 1600x1200 at 75Hz.
> > 
> > However, the login screen appears to still be at the original 1920x1232
> > at 60Hz, despite me checking the box "Make default for this
> > computer...".
> > 
> > I see that there is another System > Administration > Display menu item
> > which opens a different dialog offering a Resolution setting.  However,
> > this dialog only offers 800x600 and 640x480 and two color depths.
> > 
> > Why is the login screen still at the original resolution?  This has
> > never been the case before - it always tracked the setting I made in
> > Preferences.
> 
> Probably a bug. Report that.
Bugzilla Bug 201843 – Setting screen resolution does not change login
window resolution
> 
> > 
> > Also, what is the purpose of the Display settings dialog vs the Screen
> > Resolution dialog?
> 
> Display settings (system-config-display) is system wide, Fedora specific 
> and requires root password while the screen resolution is GNOME per user 
> preference

However, only two settings of 800x600 and 640 x 480 are not adequate for
this purpose.  Included that info in the bug report.

Gerry