Re: changing screen resolution

On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 20:21 -0400, delaney fearon wrote:

> Hi there.
> I am relatively new to linux.  I have installed Tao Linux and it has given 
> me no problems at all as far as installing.  The problem is my screen 
> resolution.  I hate to ask for help on something that is likely so easily 
> resolved.. but im stuck at 680 x 400 and its rather unpleasant.  I am using 
> gnome at the moment and any attempt at changing the resolution through the 
> menus results in a popup which says the settings have been written to 
> XF86config and that i should logout and restard the xserver.
> I logout and get to a graphic login screen. From here i  have tried 
> everything i can think of.. from  ctrl+alt+backspace to ctrl+alt+f2 .. ive 
> killall gdm-binary ive killall X ..
> As u can see i have little idea what im doing but wish to learn.  If anyone 
> could instruct me on what i should do to get my res to 1024x768 which is 
> what it indeed says i am capable of in TAO (and in windows and other linux 
> distros i have tried) i would greatly appreciate it.  I would really like to 
> settle on TAO.
> 
> Thanks to any who are kind enough to answer.
> Delaney

The easiest way to see what is going on is to look in the file:

/etc/X11/XF86Config

There are 3 sections that you need to check.

1.  Section "Device"
For the video card ... there is a variable called:

Driver      "ati"

Make sure you are using "ati" or "radeon" for an ATI card and/or "nv"
for an NVIDIA card ... and not "vesa"

2.  Section "Monitor"

Make sure the variables:

HorizSync    31.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh  55.0 - 120.0

Are set to the values for your monitor ... look at the monitor specs on
the internet and get the correct values.  The values I gave you are for
an NEC MultiSync E1100 ... it is critical that these values be correct.

3.  Section "Screen"
If the other 2 sections  are correct, this substitute the below for your
Section "Screen" and you should get 1024x768 resolution.

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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Johnny Hughes
<http://www.HughesJR.com/>

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