next problem ! :screen resolution

**slhtn** · 05-09-2007

Code:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "VESA Framebuffer"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

#   DefaultDepth 8
#   DefaultDepth 16
   DefaultDepth 24
#   DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution.  If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

EndSection

i added "1280x1024" in depth24 subsection
but when i try to change resolution in kde settings
it doesnt show in the list.

**devils casper** · 05-09-2007

did you restart X server OR reboot? if that resolution doesn't appear after reboot, it means Video driver is not supporting that. which Graphics Card do you have? try to set Driver "vesa" in Device Video Card section in xorg.conf.

**slhtn** · 05-09-2007

hello
im using that resolution in windows.i've an ati radeon 9250.
yes even after i restarted ,it didnt appear in the list.

and this is the graphic card section but i dont know what to change .

Code:

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "vesa"
    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

# **********************************************************************

**aliov** · 05-09-2007

You have a Ati vga so you don't have to worry about your driver. just go and download it from the http://ati.de/support/driver.html select Linux_X86 for 32 bit processor or Linux_x86_64 for 64 bit processor and after select you VGA card and you can download the installer of the driver. try it and if you still have any question tell us.

Hope this help.

**mattstang** · 05-10-2007

Another thing you might try:

if you edit inittab, and set you default runlevel to 3 instead of 5 (if you are using something like gdm) so that your machine can boot to a command line login (if you login this way already, plz ignore) and reboot.

As root user, you can run "X -configure" and it will generate xorg.conf.new in root's home dir. You can then backup your xorg.conf and try using the automatically generated xorg.conf. That usually puts you in a good position to edit from there.

I would also use aliov's suggestion to download the ATI driver from ATI.

Much much luck to you!

**slhtn** · 05-10-2007

thank you all for responses.
which should i download from these?

Code:

ATI Driver Installer  	52.7MB  	8.28.8  	Aug. 18, 2006  	Automated installer and Display Drivers for XFree86 4.3 and X.Org 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1
 
Download Link 	File Size 	Version 	Date Posted 	Package Includes
XFree86 4.3 Drivers
1 of 1 	11.1MB 	8.28.8 	Aug. 18, 2006 	Display Drivers for XFree86 4.3
X.Org 6.8 Drivers
1 of 1 	11.1MB 	8.28.8 	Aug. 18, 2006 	Display Drivers for X.Org 6.8

thanks again

**aliov** · 05-10-2007

Download the first one ATI Driver Installer. and make it executable

chmod +x ati-................... and run it after

./ati-.............

Hope this help

**abhishek456** · 05-10-2007

does slackware uses Xorg or Xfree drivers?

**aliov** · 05-10-2007

Slackware version 10 and greater comes with Xorg,but i don't understand all these replies, the best solution it's to use the ATI driver from their site and that's it. ATI always provide a driver for Linux ,i like this company all our server and normal users computers are equipped with ATI VGA's. and we don't have any problem .

**abhishek456** · 05-11-2007

yes ALIOV, i asked the above question because some older versions of slackware uses Xfree drivers rather than Xorg

so SLHTN can download xorg either of the drivers from the page https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...8.8-1.i386.rpm

or

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...ler-8.28.8.run

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