> Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:30:51 -0700 (MST) > From: "der.hans" > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: screen resolution - was radeon x300 > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > Am 09. Jan, 2005 schw=E4tzte Joe and Colleen Huber so: > > Try adding the following to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 in the 'screen' section. > > You should already have some of those lines, so just add the ones that are > missing :). > > ### > # DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection ...snip... Might be on to something... what I had been doing was adding the modes to XF86Config-4, restarting X (ctl-alt-backspace) and then applications > desktop preferences > screen resolution then picking a different resolution. Clicking "apply" results in X more or less loosing its mind (or something related to horizontial and vertical hold). I was overlooking the fact that after the restart it came back with the 1st resolution. This is Gnome... It seems to ignore 1152x864 (1280x1024 is getting a bit small... 17-inch monitor). Having to edit the config file and bounce X seems a bit much... :-) dpkg-reconfigure doesn't seem to result in "new" resolutions getting put into the config file... > > You might also need to specify the DefaultDepth parameter. Just uncomment > ( remove the # at the front ) that line to activate it. Each of the > 'Depth' lines are valid, so reduce from 24 if you need. > > What driver do you have specified in the 'Device' section? vesa > > Are you running with a 2.4 or a 2.6 kernel? 2.6.8 > Once again, especially since X is somewhat working, I suggest making a > copy of the current configuration file before changing it. You might > consider checking it in with RCS, so you can track changes over time and > pull out old copies. Ah... RCS. How do you "quit" without "doing anything?" A couple times in editing it (XF86Config-4)... I've been using vi... I should really spend 15 minutes learning how to get around with something else but I have a bad habit of not wanting to drop 1 thing to go spend some amount of time figuring something else out on the way to resolving the 1st problem (bad long-term strategy - I know). Anyway... "c" key is next to the "v" key and once or twice I've typed "ci" rather than "vi"... My expectation is that it would store the file in a library "somewhere else" but it ends up leaving a (modified) XF86Config-4,v behind and I'm thinking that (technically) that shouldn't be "messed with." > Check out my guide to RCS if you're not familiar with the tool. > > https://www.LuftHans.com/unix/ > > apt-get install rcs # :) > > ciao, > > der.hans --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss