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[Slackware & KDE]Change resolution

How do i change the resolution of kde in slackware, i already removed all resolutions except the correct one from xorg.conf but it still stays in 1024X768 while i want in 1280X1024

Hi,

welcome to LQ!

What driver is xorg choosing? Have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(and maybe the output of xdpyinfo).

Cheers,
Tink

Ok, here is the xorg.0.log file cus i dont know where to look for : http://www.mediafire.com/?z20a0lqiym8
And for the output of xdpyinfo u have to wait till i boot into slackware

Edit :
Here is the output of xdpyinfo

Code:

name of display:    :0.0

version number:    11.0

vendor string:    The X.Org Foundation

vendor release number:    10300000

X.Org version: 1.3.0

maximum request size:  16777212 bytes

motion buffer size:  256

bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32

image byte order:    LSBFirst

number of supported pixmap formats:    7

supported pixmap formats:

    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32

    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32

    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32

    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32

    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32

    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32

    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32

keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255

focus:  window 0x1a00005, revert to PointerRoot

number of extensions:    29

    BIG-REQUESTS

    DAMAGE

    DOUBLE-BUFFER

    DPMS

    Extended-Visual-Information

    GLX

    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER

    MIT-SHM

    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD

    RANDR

    RENDER

    SECURITY

    SGI-GLX

    SHAPE

    SYNC

    TOG-CUP

    X-Resource

    XAccessControlExtension

    XC-APPGROUP

    XC-MISC

    XFIXES

    XFree86-Bigfont

    XFree86-Misc

    XFree86-VidModeExtension

    XINERAMA

    XInputExtension

    XKEYBOARD

    XTEST

    XVideo

default screen number:    0

number of screens:    1



screen #0:

  print screen:    no

  dimensions:    1024x768 pixels (321x241 millimeters)

  resolution:    81x81 dots per inch

  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32

  root window id:    0x3e

  depth of root window:    24 planes

  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1

  default colormap:    0x20

  default number of colormap cells:    256

  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 16777215

  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO

  largest cursor:    1024x768

  current input event mask:    0xfa4031

    KeyPressMask            EnterWindowMask          LeaveWindowMask

    KeymapStateMask          StructureNotifyMask      SubstructureNotifyMask

    SubstructureRedirectMask FocusChangeMask          PropertyChangeMask

    ColormapChangeMask

  number of visuals:    4

  default visual id:  0x22

  visual:

    visual id:    0x22

    class:    TrueColor

    depth:    24 planes

    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield

    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff

    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits

  visual:

    visual id:    0x23

    class:    TrueColor

    depth:    24 planes

    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield

    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff

    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits

  visual:

    visual id:    0x24

    class:    TrueColor

    depth:    24 planes

    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield

    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff

    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits

  visual:

    visual id:    0x25

    class:    TrueColor

    depth:    24 planes

    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield

    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff

    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits

root@Silvermoon:~# ifconfig

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback

          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

and the display part of xorg.conf

Code:

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

# Screen sections

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



# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes

# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section

# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"

# option.

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      24

        Modes "1280X1024"

    EndSubsection



EndSection

I think the VESA driver may actually not support the resolution
you chose. What graphics card have you got?

lspci

Cheers,
Tink

I have intel inegrated graphics.

Lemme see...
i think Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...tem=ir-51766-1
is the link to the windows driver

Can you please post the output of lspci ?

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)

00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03)

40:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)

OK, thanks ...

Now, how do you fire up X? Manually, via startx, or using runlevel 4?

Either way, I'd suggest the following steps:

Drop out of X
make a backup-copy of your xorg.conf (cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old)
run (as root): X -configure
still as root: X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
If that works with the desired resolution, copy it across to /etc/X11 ...

Cheers,
Tink

Ok, i used to use startx i just enabled runlevel 4

Ok, i tried the Xorg -configure, Xorg -config thing but when i do the Xorg -config thing it just launches kde with a black screen with a black cross in the center

That's the default X ... not KDE. You should still be able to see in
the log whether it picked a) the right driver in the end and b) [more
importantly!] whether it upped the resolution ...

It picked the vesa driver again and it showed 1024X768 @ 75HZ as highest video mode, ill go google for the correct drivers

Edit : It seems i have Intel® 915GV Express and i have found drivers for that, im now going to install em.

Edit 2 : I've installed them now what ?, i guess making a new config for Xorg again.

Edit 3 : Ok deleted the old config made new one edited for 1280X1024, it stays at vesa and 1024X768, so the log sais

Edit 4 : Ok, i compiled new drivers and used the old xorg.conf, changed driver from vesa to intel, i got it up to 1152X864 now but i want 1280X1024, so how can i achieve that now ?