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Alright ive got X-wondows to work great it looks great and every thing else except that i cant increase the resolution past 800x600. heres what i have in my XF86Config ...
- 04-16-2003 #1Linux User
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Cant increase the resolution
Alright ive got X-wondows to work great it looks great and every thing else except that i cant increase the resolution past 800x600. heres what i have in my XF86Config file
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1200x1600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
I have an nvidia gforce 2
i have a nerwer monitor so i know it can handle it
im running slackware 8.1
and im using both KDE and GNOME desktops
does any body know why this would happen
also i dont get any errors it just doesnt do it
ive used ctrl alt + and - and i get either 640x480 or 800x600 its almost like it doesnt see the 1600x1200 or other settings
- 04-16-2003 #2Linux Newbie
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what
What have you tried to change ur resolution?
Just a Newbie....Looking 4 Info....
- 04-22-2003 #3Linux User
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fixed it my self
what i didnt realize is that you have to increase your horizontal refresh rate and vertical refresh rate
- 04-22-2003 #4Linux Guru
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Probably, you had accidently configured as a SVGA monitor.
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