This is a rather minor bug but an anoying one. I can log in with GDM having the display that I want to have set, that is 1152x864. I have the option selected in xorg.conf that I don't want to have a virtual screan enabled. I log out and see the GDM display however it is now in 1024x768 and the task bar to shutdown is in a "virtual" screan where I can click with my mouse past what I can see and it will click the buttons fine. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start up GDM, GDM works fine and the display is fine 2.Log out into GDM and GDM has a screan rez of 1024x768 3. Actual Results: everything works fine except you can't see any of the task bars Expected Results: resized itself to fit my desired screan rez
you fail to mention your X11 version & provide your 'emerge info' (read the bugreport form!) Anyway, i very much doubt this is a GDM problem, GDM has nothing todo with your X11 setup.
need more info from reporter, no response.
I think I may help some, as I too am getting the same issue. First off, this isn't limited to x86, as it also affects amd64 systems too. I would also like to make a comment, that this is limited to that small of resolution difference. As it is going from a default setting of 1024x768, down to either 640x480 or smaller (I strongly think less then that, on a non standard resolution of 400x by something). The issue also isn't going by the x11 resolution settings for the monitor either in some instances, as the lowest setting I set my monitor to allow is 800x600. below is my emerge info, x11 version, possible explaination of what it is exactly doing, and a small workaround. Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X a52 alsa avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr crypt cups curl dvd eds encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gd gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde kerberos lzw lzw-tiff mad motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl plotutils png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales vorbis xml2 xpm xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY x11-base/xorg-x11 Latest version available: 6.8.2-r2 Latest version installed: 6.8.2-r2 From what I believe that it is doing is, gdm is not re-adjusting the screen resoultion properly, after the first login; while using the same theme resolution information; and cropping the unshown information. I hope I didn't confuse you more on what I mean by that, if so ignore that part. Small workaround: This is not a perferred work around, as it slows the system down on every login, after the first. in the /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file; change AlwaysRestartServer to true.
