Thanks to Ritesh Khadgaray:
Is there anything I'm missing? Some other configuration file or record somewhere I need to tweak?
with gconf-editor, check "/desktop/gnome/screen/default/0/resolution" .
-- Ritesh Khadgaray Ph: +919970164885 Desktop LinuX N Stuff, RHCE Software Maintenance Engineer, Pune, Red Hat ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ
That was it!
mhr