Re: Screen resolution problem

[1stflight <1stflight donet com>]

Not quite a Gnome problem...but if you go under /etc/X11  there's a file
called XF86Config (you'll need to be root to edit it)  towards the bottom
of the file you'll see a sections that looks a bit like this,

Section "Screen"
    Driver
    Device
    Monitor
       Subsection display
       Depth
       Modes
       ViewPort


Actually you'll probably see several entries like this..in any event under
the modes section (for both  SVGA and accel ) add on the line (modes)

"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

That should enable you to use more of your monitor and video card settings.
If not feel free to email me personally. Good hunting



Darryl

Sandeep Hundal wrote:

> Hi lists members,
>
> I have this problem related to a redhat 6.1
> installation we made, along with GNOME, on our
> machine at the office, which duals boots with
> Windows 98.
>
> The problem is that the desktop resolution is
> very low, as in something like 640x480, even
> though the monitor easily manages 1024*768 on win
> 98. Could someone please tell me how, or where
> the documentation is for changing this resoltion
> ? During the installation, the monitor and
> graphics card was recognised successfully. (FYI,
> these are as follows : Iilyama TXA 3611/3621HT,
> with the graphics adapter as : Prolite 36, Rage
> IIC AGP).
>
> The small resoltution not only means that colour
> does not render properly on the desktop, but also
> that sometimes the size of screens (e.g.
> linuxconf) is bigger than the size of the desktop
> !
>
> Any help would appreciated folks.
>
> Thanks
> Sunny
>
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