Re: Increase screen resolution from 1024x768 to 1280x1024 on knoppix

[J F <j1234f@excite.com>]

That worked.  Just had to change properties
of hard disk partition from read-only.

Thanks to everyone for their help.

Conrad Newton wrote:
> > From J F on Thursday, 2003-05-22 at 19:01:39 -0400:
>
> > Is there a gui to increase screen resolution from 1024x768 to 1280x1024 on knoppix installed to hard disk?
> >
> > Or what file do I have to edit?
> >
> > Or non-gui program to run to do this?
>
>
> In case you have not yet resolved this question, here is my suggestion.
> Boot up using the Knoppix CD and Roberto's suggested boot option
>
> screen=1280x1024
>
> or whatever resolution you prefer, e.g. 1600x1200.
> Knoppix will automatically configure the XFree86 configuration
> file, namely
>
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 
>
> Save this file to diskette, and then copy it over (in the same 
> location) to your hard disk installation.  Just to be on the
> safe side, you may want to make a copy of your old configuration.
> Thereafter you can change between different resolutions with the
> key-combination
>
> Ctrl-Alt-<keypad +>  and  Ctrl-Alt-<keypad ->
>
> Conrad