Configuring monitor

[rikardgrankvist]

I recently installed LE 2005 on a pretty outdated computer I got hold of. After some tinkering, I got the monitor working alright with it. However, I'm limited to 1024x768 resolution, and it's driving me mad. I know the monitor can handle greater resolution (with windows XP), but when I try to increase it, it says "out of video memory". Is there a way to get around this? Do I need to look for better drivers, or can it be fixed anyway? I'm using a Packard Bell PnP 7480 monitor with a Voodoo II card.

/R

[Flatline]

Could you post the Monitor section and the Screen section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?

[rikardgrankvist]

Certainly. I have 3dfx support, and it seems to interpret that as an extra monitor (maybe that's the problem), so I have two Monitor sections. I'll post both of them. I didn't know what the other "monitor" is supposed to be, so I chose a generic one.

"
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Packard Bell"
ModelName "Packard Bell PnP 7480"
HorizSync 30.0-69.0
VertRefresh 50.0-90.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor2"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1024x768 @ 70 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-57.0
VertRefresh 50-70
EndSection
"

I also have two screen sections:

"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen2"
Device "device2"
Monitor "monitor2"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection
"

It seems that the error would be my "extra screen" which I don't have, but I don't know how that would be solved...

[Flatline]

First things first: make a backup copy of your current xorg.conf file and put it somewhere safe. That way, you can easily restore a working X configuration. It looks like your horizontal and vertical refresh rates are correct (I looked them up), so I doubt that's the problem. It may be as simple as modifying this

 Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

to look like this

 Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual "1280 1024" "1024 768"
EndSubsection
EndSection

[Samoth]

I have a LCD monitor and that is what I did to change resolution. One note though: You must enter the "1280x1024" to every depth section. This is only if you are switching color depths.

[rikardgrankvist]

That didn't work. It said that "Virtual" had to be followed by a correct resolution value. For some reason, it didn't find the new values correct.