I fixed it! But there seems to be a major flaw in the Xorg Wiki, and here's why. I did exactly what Pres told me to do, except instead of adding 'xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1280x1024' I put 'xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1280x1024_60.00' like my 10-monitor.conf had, so the refresh rate was correct, and the default resolution was still 1024x768. So I just erased the '_60.00' off of the '1280x1024_60.00' and it worked fine! So then I erased the xrandr section out of my ~/.xinitrc and re-created my 10-monitor.conf and just took out the section defining the refresh rate and it worked fine.
Go to System - Preferences - Display 2. You will see a screen similar to the following, where you can change refresh rate, resolution, rotation and detecting monitors. In this screen as you see monitor will not get detected and you will not have options to change refresh rate, resolution and rotation.
So here is why I think the Xorg wiki is flawed, instead of having the 10-monitor.conf file look like:
With the refresh rate included in the '#Choose the resolution' line where it is dysfunctional, I think it should look like this:
With the refresh rate taken out, where it actually does it's job.
Now my question is this: Is this a special occurrence for me, or will every user experience this when following the Wiki and using the default 10-monitor.conf file provided and should it be edited?
Last edited by Clarence.e.a (2012-04-27 16:31:04)