1280 x 800 resolution in Redhat Linux 9

poochdog · 07-10-2004, 08:37 AM

Hello,

I am wondering how I may get the above resolution. The computer I am using redhat linux 9 on is a Compaq NX9105 Laptop. I can't get this resolution in the display options. My graphics card is an Nvidia Gefore 4 Go. As this is the native resolution of the screen I really want to be able to use this mode. Any help would be great. Thanks

Caeda · 07-10-2004, 08:50 AM

Redhat 9 + Laptop = Bad.

Go get a decent up to date distro installed on the laptop and the screen is likely to work just fine...

Suse 9.1's install screen even showed a slide show with a few widescreen screenshots.

poochdog · 07-10-2004, 09:03 AM

Umm, So is it not possible to obtain this resolution in redhat 9? I haven't really had many problems running it on my server and have been quite happy with its performance.. Whats this Fedora Linux people keeping shouting about to me? I wonder if it would work on there???

HappyTux · 07-10-2004, 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by poochdog
Hello,

I am wondering how I may get the above resolution. The computer I am using redhat linux 9 on is a Compaq NX9105 Laptop. I can't get this resolution in the display options. My graphics card is an Nvidia Gefore 4 Go. As this is the native resolution of the screen I really want to be able to use this mode. Any help would be great. Thanks

Assuming that the driver (nv or nvidia??) you are using will support a resolution higher than what you want you should be able to edit as root the configuration file (/etc/X11/XF86Config IIRC on Redhat) by hand, from my file on Debian.

Code:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth  24
#        SubSection "Display"
#               Depth     1
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Depth     4
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Depth     8
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Depth     15
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Depth     16
#       EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes     "2048x1536" "1920x1440" "1856x1392" "1792x1344" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" 
        EndSubSection
EndSection

So you would in the Subsection "Display" for the DefaultDepth you are using put "1280x800" at the front of the line then restart the X server and see if works correctly.

poochdog · 07-10-2004, 11:02 AM

Hello,

I have managed to get it working doing what you suggested and downloading the latest NVIDIA driver. Thank you for your help.