Screen resolution - 600x480 -> 1024x768

Bob Plantz plantz at cds1.net
Sat Jan 21 23:18:49 CET 2006


On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 18:46 +0100, Olivier Fourdan wrote:

> 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


You should also look in the manual for your monitor and set the
horizontal
sync and vertical refresh rates properly. E.g., mine are

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
        HorizSync       28-64
        VertRefresh     43-60
EndSection


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