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Problem setting the screen resolution with Gnome and X-Windows



I'm having some trouble setting the screen resolution on the Debian Sarge box I have installed at work.

(I did get it inside, working with my workstation's monitor and keyboard, and running on the switch. Now I can just toggle back and forth between the two computers!)

Gnome shows only two resolution settings under the Desktop Preferences>Screen Resolution menu. The 2 screen settings are "640x480" and "800x600".

I thought I could just add the new resolution settings to the XF86Config-4 file, restart X, and set the new screen resolution via Gnome's Desktop Preferences window.

However, after restarting X, or even rebooting, the new screen resolution is not appearing.

Here is the important section from my XF86Config-4 file:

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Default Screen"

Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV4 [RIVE TNT]

Monitor "Generic Monitor"

Default Depth 24

SubSection "Display"

Depth 1

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 4

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

EndSection

Any ideas what might be wrong, or how I would go about fixing this? Is there a way to set the screen resolution via the terminal?

Thanks,
 
Scott Huey

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