Re: improve screen resolution

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:41:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote:

>     This is from my suse OS.
> 
> This is what I get in opensuse 11.3
> lspci | grep VGA
> dimensions:    1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters)

Okay, so you want to get 1024x768, right?
 
> This is very nice.
> 
> 800x600 is maybe OK in normal use.
> I get sizing problems on my internet banking site with the smaller
> resolution
> 
> I do not have the know how to implement your suggestions. I only can use
> the OS's as is.
> I do appreciate your assistance

I cannot guarantee your card can get your desired resolution under 
Debian, there seem to be some problems with xorg-sis drivers, but we at 
least can try some tweaks :-)

Are you using lenny, squeeze, sid...?

Anyway, you can create a "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file (if there is one 
already present just make a backup first -by renaming the file to 
something like "xorg.conf.old"-, never work on the original file without 
having done a copy first so in the event something goes wrong you can 
easily restore the original file).

And there you can put:

***
Section "Monitor"
  Identifier "Monitor0"
  DisplaySize 271 203 
End Section
***

(that is the size openSUSE 11.3 detected)

Save the "xorg.conf" file and restart the system (the fastest way in this 
case to test the new configuration). And cross your fingers :-P

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón