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gizmo

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From: Norway

Registered: 2006-02-22

Posts: 27

how to get widescreen (lcd) resolution in xfce (and x in general)?

i just got a 19 inch lcd widescreen... now i dont know how to set a wide resolution i x.. can someone tell me how to get 1440x900 resolution (which is what my monitor supports)...

manmower

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-11-17

Posts: 100

Re: how to get widescreen (lcd) resolution in xfce (and x in general)?

If you have an nVidia or ATI card and use the proprietary drivers, you can probably have the resolution autodetected. Check the wiki for the exact commands needed. Otherwise, adding a custom modeline to your xorg.conf should do the job.

gizmo

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From: Norway

Registered: 2006-02-22

Posts: 27

Re: how to get widescreen (lcd) resolution in xfce (and x in general)?

i have nvidia

cant find anything in the wiki

Last edited by gizmo (2007-02-04 14:54:29)

manmower

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-11-17

Posts: 100

Re: how to get widescreen (lcd) resolution in xfce (and x in general)?

Try

nvidia-xconfig

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … ia-xconfig

_Pi

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From: CT

Registered: 2005-07-07

Posts: 26

Re: how to get widescreen (lcd) resolution in xfce (and x in general)?

Xorg probably autoconfigures for the highest resolution your card and monitor can support. If not try if you don't already have it

pacman -S libxrandr

Then

xrandr

It should show you all applicable resolutions for your config. To manually set it in your current session find the number in the collomn SZ and run

xrandr -s #

Then just edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the display subsection of the screen section and put in the resolution(s) you want.
This is what mine looks like:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "Intel 810"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Stalwart

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From: Latvia, Riga

Registered: 2005-10-18

Posts: 445

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Re: how to get widescreen (lcd) resolution in xfce (and x in general)?

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "nVidia"
    Monitor     "LCD"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x800"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Something like that

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RaisedFist

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From: Romania

Registered: 2007-01-30

Posts: 556

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Re: how to get widescreen (lcd) resolution in xfce (and x in general)?

I have an nVidia too and 19'' widescreen and there are no problems with setting 1440x900 resolution.

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