Re: How to change start up screen resolution for X?
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:50:45PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 02:49:29AM -0500, Travis Crump wrote:
> > What I do is just make up a second Section "Screen" in the same
> > XF86Config-4 and give it its own identifier. When I want to use it I
> > just do:
> >
> > startx -- :1 -screen <itsidentifier>
>
> but how do you FIGURE OUT WHICH RESOLUTIONS your monitor can
> handle? i've tried xvidtune, xf86cfg, xf86config,
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, discover read-edid (major
> lockup, there), xviddetect, XFree86 -configure...
>
> all i can get is 800x600 which ain't much. :(
>
> i've googled for MEMOREX-TELEX (CDS-4583) and haven't found much
> in the way of answers for horiz/vert refresh or clock speeds.
> anybody know of a site somewhere that's got a collection of that
> kind of info?
CDS-4583 is P/N 955313-003 which is a '14" SVGA monitor'. My
recollection of Super-VGA is that you could do 1024x768 at some crappy
refresh rate like 60Hz ... but anything better than that is a long
shot.
Pardon me, but I would classify that monitor as a "boat anchor". You
can get a far more capable 17" replacement for under $200 (probably
less if you check out the dumpsters at various corporations :)
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