Login Screen Resolution Problem Solved!

I don’t know if this is happening for anyone else, but after I installed 8.10, and set my resolution to a nice mind-blowing resolution of 1920×1080, when I logged out, the login screen was still some low-res fugly. And to top it off, the fields for the username/password were soooo miniscule, I could not physically see what I was typing.

I tried installing the restricted Nvidia drivers, but that didn’t change my predicament.

Anywho, after a little research, seems it happens to quite a few 8.10 users with Nvidia cards. I edited the xorg.conf file (terminal: gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf) with the following information (see screenshot).

To solve the login resolution issue, I had to manually add the line:

Option “metamodes” “1920×1080 +0+0″

And to solve the small text input fields on the login screen, I manually added this line:

Option “DPI” “96×96″

After adding these lines, I logged out and was delighted to see a high-res login screen with proper sized text input fields. I then made love to my 32″ screen.