can't change screen resolution

[skaterkid]

I am running SUSE 10.1 and I have been trying to change my screen resolution because I have a 22 inch screen and I want to have my Linux resolution set to at least 1680 by 1050 and for some reason it won’t let me. Can anyone help me?

[dfknapp]

YaST should let you do it just fine
Hardware > Graphics Card and Monitor
from there you can change your monitor resolution

[naked dave]

It can be affected by what modes you selected to be available in the hardware configuration section of the installation. Its not totally irreversible though, as dfknapp says through YaST you should be able to reconfigure the card.

[skaterkid]

Even with yast it dosn't let me change my resolution past a certain point I know my graphics card can handle it because I am running a higher resolution on Windows.

[devils casper]

add new resolutions in /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "1024x768" "1024x600" "800x600" "640x480" <--- Add modes here
  EndSubSection

OR
post screen section of xorg.conf





casper

[skaterkid]

Section "Screen"

  DefaultDepth 16

  SubSection "Display"

    Depth      15

    Modes      "default" 

  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"

    Depth      16

    Modes      "default" 

  EndSubSection

  SubSection "Display"

    Depth      24

    Modes      "default" 

  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8

    Modes      "default" 

  EndSubSection

  Device       "Device[0]"

  Identifier   "Screen[0]"

  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Ok there is my screen section of xorg.conf I am prety sure the default is 1024x768 or 800x600 I want my resolution to be 1680x1050, how can I change xorg.conf to make it so I can have that resolution?

[Juan Pablo]

Delete what says default (no the quotes) and add some custom resolutions as the ones shown in devils_casper post

[skaterkid]

for some reason it won't let me edit the document. It says I am not the owner and won't let me change the properties. I am also denied access to my root directory, I didn't install the disks my self I brought my computer into a shop and had them rebuild it with the Linux OS image. Is it possible there is an admin account I don't know about? or a way around this?

[industrialpunk]

THE admin account is root. If you have the root password, which you should if you are using Yast, you can modify the ownership of the file if it is not letting you edit it. Try "chown root <filename>"
Are you attempting to access the root directory as a normal user or root?

[Juan Pablo]

You must use "su" in a terminal before editing the file

su
Password: (your root password. The characters won't show, not even a bunch of *)
pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Edit the file
Hit Ctrl-O to save