Bug#477484: gdm does not start with high resolutions (e.g. 1280x1024)

[Bas Zoetekouw]

severity 477484 important
thanks

Hi Andreas!

You wrote:

> I found out that gdm works perfectly if I use the X.org autoconfiguration
> feature. I disabled xdebconfigurator and X.org automatically choose the
> right configuration. 
> I suggest that this is not a bug in gdm but some other
> package (maybe X.org?).

Indeed, that seems likely.  What kind if videocard are you using?  The X
log you sent shows that you're using the vesa driver, which is probably
not optimal.  Could you send the X log when you're using the automatic X
config?

Bas.

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Kind regards,
Bas Zoetekouw.