Re: problem in screen resolution at 1024*768

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Rafael Quintanilla wrote:
> (Texto en castellano más abajo)
>
> Hi members of the list,
>
> I recently installed debian from a Knoppix 3.3
> catalan. The problem is that I want to have a 1024*768
> resolution (BTW my monitor is a 15" SyncMaster 551S,
> samsung, with a recommeded refresh vertical rate of 85
> Hz). I obtain only a 800x600 resolution (see attached
> file XF86Config-4_old.txt). To solve the problem, and
> as I am not used to modifying this file by hand (I am
> mostly a Mandrake user, but would like to become a
> Debianer as I see this distribution as more long-term
> stable) I had the following idea: I booted my system
> with the knoppix CD and the following options:
>
> knoppix screen=1024x768 vsync=85
>
> This results in the screen resolution I wanted,
> together with the vertical refresh rate recommended.
> I copied the new file (see attached file
> XF86Config-4_new.txt) to my installed knoppix system,
> but I still get the 800x600 resolution.
>
> Can anyone help me? I cannot see why the resolution is
> still 800x600. Should I delete all the references to
> the other resolutions? 

What happens when you shut down X (/etc/init.d/xdm stop) or gdm if you 
are running gdm, in anycase, stop the X server, and then run X -configure.
That creates a XF86Config.new in the directory that you are running in. 
You can start X on that config, it will only show a grey screen, but you 
can tell what it is like.
Just use that config, with some tweaks, like where your mouse is and 
what your keyboard is like...

Hugo.