No support for 2560x1600?

[FragTek]

Well I finally got SuSe to install on my main rig for me which is a relief... Biggest concern right now is that I can't get my native resolution selected for my Dell 3007WFP 30" TFT.

The native res is 2560x1600 but the resolution options go from 2048x1536 to 2560x2048.

Is there a way to manuall set a resolution?

Thx in advance!

[deltaflyer]

if you have the manufacturer's handbook or specs for the monitor, you can enter them in sax

andy

[AlexK]

Or you could just enter the resolution in the xorg.conf file.

[FragTek]

@delta: I don't see anywhere that will let me do that?

@alex: I see a lot of places to add different resolutions, one of which has a lot of extra numbers that make no sense to me. Any clue as to what exactly I need to add to that file? Thanks!

[AlexK]

Look in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file at this section:

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24 <---- Edit the subsection which corresponds to this
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display" <----- i.e. this one
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" <--- the 1st resolution in this line is the resolution X Server starts up with.
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

It also could be that SUSE doesn't fully support the display being 2500x1600 and all, so if that doesn't work, try setting it to a mode close as possible.

Note, if you are going to edit the file, you need root permissions.

[bigtomrodney]

Is your graphics card set up for these resolutions? Does it support these? That is the key right there. If Suse is giving options for up to 1280x1024 it's because it thinks that is what your card supports. What card are you using? If you are sure the card does support these resolutions you can set them manul ally in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[deltaflyer]

also, have you installed your graphics cards driver ?

andy