Screen resolution - 600x480 -> 1024x768

[Olivier Fourdan]

Robert Citek wrote:
> How does one change the screen resolution under xfce4 4.2.2?
> 
[...]
> 
> I know the video and monitor can do 1024x768, because I can boot  
> Knoppix 4.0.2 on the machine just fine with icewm.
> 
> Where would I look to enable 1024x768?  Is this an xfce issue, an X  
> server issue, a driver issue, something else?
>

The display setting will offer no more than the modes defined in the 
xorg.conf file and supported by the hardware.

Check /etc/X11/xorg.conf and make sure several modes are listed for the 
current depth.

Eg:

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device     "Videocard0"
         Monitor    "Monitor0"
         DefaultDepth     24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     24
                 Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     16
                 Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     15
                 Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     8
                 Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
         Group        0
         Mode         0666
EndSection

BTW, it's more of an installation issue, not an xfce issue.


HTH
Olivier.