Changing resolutions

**Javasnob** · 08-01-2005

Hi again, I finally got Gnome to work, but I have 1 slight problem: My resolution is WAY too low, so icons on my Desktop are halfway off the screen and I can see about a quarter of the wallpaper. This wouldn't be so bad if when I opened a shell, I could see more than 3 lines of contents. I can't use emacs or pico in Gnome! Help!

Thanks in advance!

**fireandicefuel** · 08-01-2005

I've had the same problem man and I also can't get all of my side mouse buttons to work and some of the buttons on my keyboard as well

**tommo** · 08-01-2005

dpkg-reconfigure your-xserver
don't know with one you use, look with dpkg -l | grep xserver

choose the right resolution AND correct frequenties for your monitor

**Javasnob** · 08-01-2005

I discovered that my only available resolution in X is 320x200, which I didn't even specify in the setup. What gives?

**Vergil83** · 08-02-2005

Originally Posted by Javasnob

I discovered that my only available resolution in X is 320x200, which I didn't even specify in the setup. What gives?

you can edit your

Code:

/etc/X11/XF86Config-4

to include whatever resolutions you want.
did you follow tommo's advice

**Javasnob** · 08-02-2005

I did follow his advice...but now I understand why it didn't work.

The VGA driver I am using only allows a 320x200 resolution when using 8 bits for color. Now all I need is a better driver...

Thanks for all the help guys!

**stokes** · 08-02-2005

I've run into the same problem before. If you try the VESA driver next time you should get an SVGA display and you can set 1024x768 as the resolution, or higher.

You could try what tommo said and choose VESA and see what happens. If X doesn't load you can always run dpkg-reconfigure again and re-select VGA.

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