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#1 2009-07-13 23:24:36

otacon
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Registered: 2008-06-29
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resolution

I had a question. I thought that Hal did the keyboard and the mouse and xorg defined the screens and monitors. Right now my xorg.conf is


# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder62)  Wed May 27 01:58:49 PD

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusId          "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    Option         "SLI" "auto"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
EndSubSection
EndSection


As you can see I do not specify the resolutions. So now my top resolution I can get is 1024x768. (A big improvement from earlier today which was 680X460)

I know my monitor can handle 1280x1024 but when I change my screen section to include it nothing happens.


Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    Option         "SLI" "auto"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection


If xorg is not controlling the resolution then what is (hal?) and what configuration file do I need to change?


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#2 2009-07-14 09:01:04

miau
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Registered: 2009-05-06
Posts: 202

Re: resolution

Have you tried to put the apropriate modelines in your Xorg.conf?

You could generate them in the console with the command "gtf x-Resolution y-Resolution frequency"

For example

gtf 1280 1024 75

Put the output in xorg.conf under your Monitor Section.

You also have to change your Screen Section like this(put in your wanted resolution you specified for the modelines):

SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024@75" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection

Maybe this helps.

Last edited by miau (2009-07-14 09:04:54)

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