[Solved] Resolution/Text size changed after installing Catalyst

I just installed the proprietary catalyst driver from the unofficial repositories and followed the wiki to successfully install the driver, however upon reboot, the text size(within all the terminals) appears to be twice the size of the regular size.
Here is my xorg.conf file that was generated by doing 'aticonfig --initial'
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Module"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
I tried setting my default resolution by adding the line
Modes "1920x1080"
so the xorg.conf file looked like this
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Module"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080"
EndSubSection
EndSection
After a reboot, the size was still the same.
I am not sure what else could have changed the resolution/text size of the terminals.
Last edited by PigsInSpace (2015-03-20 00:17:02)

jasonwryan wrote:
You can work out your correct dpi here: http://dpi.lv/
and then create an entry in your xorg.conf.d as per the wiki...
I read the xorg wiki and I set the display size and rebooted but its the same still.
karol wrote:Try setting the desired resolution with 'video=' or 'vga=' on the kernel command line.
What is the native resolution of your display? What bootloader are you using?
I tried setting the kernel params of video to my native resolution. My native resolution is 1920x1080@144 and I'm using GNU Grub as a boot loader.
jasonwryan wrote:Reading the thread, it isn't clear to me that the issue is in the console: mainly because terminal, TTY and console are used randomly throughout the thread...
Sorry about that, I'm not sure what to refer to it as. Its the default terminal that shows up when you log on without using any graphics or any of that.
cedeel wrote:If you're going to be using the proprietary driver, you won't be able to use KMS as others have said.
That means that your TTY will be a lower resolutioon. So if you need your TTYs at native resolution, the best thing to do would probably be to use the open drivers.
I don't think think the open drivers support for 3d acceleration on the newer graphics card are as good as the proprietary drivers. Also, I do not need to have native resolution on my TTY's but it would be a major convenience to have it display at native resolution.

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