Re: How to change start up screen resolution for X?
On 20 Jan 2003, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 03:10:20PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 03:39:29PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:50:45PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> > > > 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.
> >
> > Good google :) but SVGA is Super-VGA and only 800 x 720 !
> >
> > CGA: 640 X 200 (8*8 font, 80chars * 25 lines)
> > DCGA: 640 X 400 (8*16 font, 80chars * 25 lines)
> > VGA: 640 x 480
> > SVGA: 800 x 720
> > XGA: 1024 x 768
> > SXGA 1280 x1024
> > UXGA: 1600 x1440
>
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On a slightly different note, is there much point in going to the higher
resolutions even if they are available? My monitor will go up to
1600x1440 but in practice I don't find any use in going above 1024x768.
I know the argument is that you can have more windows open but this
means you have to squint at small type. If you make the type larger you
are back where you started.
I therefore leave mine at 1024x768 and (in icewm) have 9 desktops with
different apps on each. This seems to me more sensible, or am I missing
something?
AC
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