Re: Resolution problems with monitor
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 06:54:46PM +0100, Doofus wrote:
> Chance Platt wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 17:19 +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> >>
> >>I am using Sarge and my monitor is not giving better resoultion than
> >>640x480. I have tried all the suggestions given in the on various
> >>websites and wikis in this regard, but none of them worked. I have an
> >>IBM E50 monitor and an Intel 845 graphics board.
> >As root: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> >
> >This re-prompts you the X server setup you saw when installing. You'll
> >be able to pick which resolutions you want. I always just select one
> >resolution -- that way there's no guessing as to what resolution will
> >come up when X starts.
> >
> >chance
>
> You shouldn't have to guess.
>
> Section "Screen", subsections "Display" in your /etc/X11XF86Config-4
> file each contain a line "Modes" listing all your resolutions for each
> colour depth. The first entry in these lines will be the resolution that
> comes up by default.
>
> With a CRT monitor it can be useful to have a few resolutions available.
>
> You can also set the default colour depth in the top level part of
> "Screen" so you don't have to specify it on the command line, eg:
>
> DefaultDepth 24
>
> Finally, it's well worth finding the actual nuber of pixels per inch for
> your monitor and also specifying this in the same section, eg:
>
> Option "DPI" "117 x 117"
I also use videogen to produce Modelines for my Intel845G videocard.
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