Re: display resolution

[Chris Bannister <mockingbird@ihug.co.nz>]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:16:41PM +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 01:50:06PM -0700, petereasthope@canada.com wrote:
> > >From another OS I know that a system here will display 
> > at 1024 x 768 x 16.  "startx" alone appears to produce
> > a 
> > resolution of 640 x 480.  The man page tells me how to 
> > specify the color depth.  Can the 1024 x 768 resolution 
> > also be specified?  How?
> 
> Use the videogen to generate Modelines for XFree86 servers.
> Put the approppriate line in your XF86Config-4 file, in the 
> Section "Monitor" .

Hi,

Try adding to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

Section "Screen"
[..]
	SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection

the resolution you want explicitly e.g for 1024x768 @16
edit the above "Modes" line to
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

Adjust for other depths as needed.

--
Chris.
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