Re: Fwd: Re: troubleshooting the GUI, additional information

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

> --- Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
>  
>
> > EasyStreet wrote:
> >
> > > > (EE) NEOMAGIC(0): Driver can't support depth 24
> > > >        
> > In your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file 
> >
> > Change the "DefaultDepth" line to one of the
> > other numbers in a different "Subsection
> > 'Display'", like 16 or 8. Then give it a try.
> >
> > Kent
> >    


EasyStreet wrote:

> Thanks, that worked.
>
> How do I change the resolution that I see while I
> am in Gnome or KDE?
>
>  

You probably want to keep your responses on-list, so that:
1) other people can see that your problem was resolved
2) the exchange gets archived, so that other people can benefit in the 
future from the exchange
3) other people can provide input. For example, I don't much use Gnome 
or KDE, so may not have the level of expertise to answer your questions. 
Others on the list may.

As far as I know, the resolution in Gnome and KDE will bethe resolution 
at which X is running. You can redefine the default resolution in 
XF86Config-4, or you could use a switching utility like "gvidm" from 
within X, or you could press Ctrl-Alt-+ or Ctrl-Alt-- (the plus and 
minus on the numeric keypad, not the top row) to switch between the 
defined resolutions in XF86Config-4. There may be other ways as well 
(such as re-running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86", or perhaps 
running some KDE- or Gnome- specific utilities).

Kent