Problem in Changing Screen Resolution

[ranjeet.singh]

Hi All,

I have install Fedora 8 i386 on my machine and it's completed successfully. The default screen resolution is 800 * 600, when I trying to change the screen resolution, ofcourse Higher resolution, it say the information is saved to some conf file, please logout and restart the X server.

Now Problem is, I don't know how to restart the X server. After searching on internet I found someone say please press AIt+Ctrl+Backspace or restart the machine.. I did so but it's still not changed (it's still 800 * 600).

Could anyone please tell me how to change screen resolution or restart X server ?

Thanks.

-R

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Did you reboot machine? New resolutions work after reboot sometimes. In case Resolution doesn't change, execute this

su -
lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

[ranjeet.singh]

Hi,

Thanks for quick reply. After restart also it didn't changes. Please find the details below :

[raj@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# lspci | grep -i vga
00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware Inc [VMware SVGA II] PCI Display Adapter
[root@localhost ~]# grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Driver "kbd"
Driver "vmmouse"
Driver "vmware"
[root@localhost ~]#

[devils casper]

Fedora is using correct driver for your Graphics Card. Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

[ranjeet.singh]

[root@localhost ~]# more /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "VMMouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "VMMouse"
Driver "vmmouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vmware"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "800
x600" "640x480" "640x480" "640x400" "640x400"
EndSubSection
EndSection

[root@localhost ~]#

[devils casper]

Check your Monitor's Manual for supported Refresh Rates ( HorizSync and VertRefresh ) and add those ( Section Monitor ) in xorg.conf file.
Log in as root and open /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in Gedit or Kate or anyother text editor.

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Videocard0"
 Driver "vmware"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	30-71
	VertRefresh	50-100
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen0"
 Device "Videocard0"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
 Viewport 0 0
 Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" 
 EndSubSection
 EndSection

I have added Generic Refresh Rates in above code.
Save file and reboot machine.

[ranjeet.singh]

Check your Monitor's Manual for supported Refresh Rates ( HorizSync and VertRefresh ) and add those ( Section Monitor ) in xorg.conf file.
Log in as root and open /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in Gedit or Kate or anyother text editor.

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Videocard0"
 Driver "vmware"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	30-71
	VertRefresh	50-100
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen0"
 Device "Videocard0"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
 Viewport 0 0
 Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" 
 EndSubSection
 EndSection

I have added Generic Refresh Rates in above code.
Save file and reboot machine.

Hi Casper,

Even this didn't helped.

[devils casper]

Try replacing vmware with vesa.

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Videocard0"
 Driver "vesa"
EndSection