Linux Mint display resolution fix ( MAG 700P )

Don't you just hate it when you know that your LCD monitor can do some specific resolution, but  Xorg doesn't want to have any parts of it?

I do as well!  Here is a small fix that worked for me in relation to my MAG 700P LCD monitor.
First I found the correct mode line by running the following command:

cvt 1280 1024

This command will spit out the mode line for running a monitor at 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz:

# 1280x1024 59.89 Hz (CVT 1.31M4) hsync: 63.67 kHz; pclk: 109.00 MHz
Modeline "1280x1024_60.00"  109.00  1280 1368 1496 1712  1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync

Now that I have the new mode line in hand, I can add it as a new mode to my current output device.

Test this information by running the following commands:

xrandr --newmode "1280x1024_60.00" 109.00 1280 1368 1496 1712 1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA1 1280x1024_60.00
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1280x1024_60.00

If all of these commands are successful, then we should see the display switch to 1280x1024 mode.

These commands were successful for me, so I added them to a .xprofile file in my user directory.

** Note this only changes to 1280x1024 for my user **

Now, this doesn't matter as I am the only user of this computer.

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