How to set login screen resolution??

[Member dazz]

Hi
I have an old Asus eeepc. When I login, the login screen switches to a very low resolution (maybe VGA).
This problem is specific to the login screen. After entering the ID/password, the screen resolution switches to normal (1024×600) on the desktop.

The solution here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/794074/login-screen-resolution doesn’t work because there is no grub file in /etc/defaults/

I have found answers involving xrandr but that returns command not found. Same applies to xdpyinfo.

Any tips and pointers would be much appreciated.

dazz

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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There should be an /etc/default/grub file (default not defaults)

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[Member dazz]

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Hi
Ooops. I was looking at the wrong computer on the wrong terminal.
Sorry. will try linked solutions again.

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dazz

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Strange.
Which version of antiX do you have?

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[Member dazz]

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Hi
After working my way through the link posted above, the screen resolution on the login screen was correctly set, but the ID/password entry boxes remained oversized.

I then went to this link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/73804/wrong-login-screen-resolution and completed each step to 7. We need to now run this in lightdm, navigate to the correct folder:

cd /etc/lightdm

There is no lightdm folder, probably because the thread is so old and out of date.

dazz

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anticapitalista wrote:

Strange.
Which version of antiX do you have?

antiX doesn’t use lightdm

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[Member RJP]

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I have one Emachines mini-laptop which is Acer made. antiX uses slimski login manager and login windows is big, which is a good thing. About your screen resolution, what tells xrandr command?

Edit. Emachines is Acer build.

• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 2 days ago by RJP.
• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 2 days ago by RJP.

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The first solution in the link posted is about the boot screen resolution, but you want a solution for the login screen.
antiX uses slimski as login manager.If understanding you right this might could be helpful
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/slimski-configuration-screen/

[Member dazz]

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Hi
Only just recently installed AntiLinux, so still finding my way around. Slimski and other programs are new to me.

I can see the screen resolution changing (correctly) during the boot. When the login screen shows, the screen resolution behind is correct 1024×600, but the font size of the login/id fields look oversized relative to other text etc.
This is a minor issue. I anticipated that this would be a simple fix, but not so.

Thanks for all of your advice, but this isn’t important enough to waste any more of your time.

dazz

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