Xorg.conf problem, resolutions not listed?

mudmansm · 09-13-2009, 12:38 PM

I'm running Fedora 11 on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. "Display Settings" gives me the options of 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480, but what I am looking for is 1440x900. None of these settings were originally in my xorg.conf

I've fooled around with both the xorg.conf as well as the Display Settings. I changed the monitor hardware setting to an "LCD Panel 1440x900" but that didn't change much other than stretching my desktop icons. Setting it back to "LCD Panel 1024x768" un-uglifies my icons.

Any help would be appreciated.

My current xorg.conf

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d"
        FontPath     "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "dri2"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

        #DisplaySize      370   230     # mm
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "LPL"
        ModelName    "a101"
EndSection

Section "Device"

        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"                   # [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"             # <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"                   # <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"                   # <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"                  # <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"                  # <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"                # <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"          # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"              # <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"                 # <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"           # [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"                 # [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"          # <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"        # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"      # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"  # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"                 # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"     # <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"     # <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"               # <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"             # [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"               # <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                       # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"            # <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"                # <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"                     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"                  # [<bool>]
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "radeon"
        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
        BoardName   "RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]"
        BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes     "1440x900"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

lhorace · 09-13-2009, 07:27 PM

Can you post the contents of you xorg.0.log....

lhorace · 09-13-2009, 07:28 PM

I'm also assuming you monitor and/or video card can support that resolution...

lutusp · 09-13-2009, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mudmansm

I'm running Fedora 11 on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. "Display Settings" gives me the options of 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480, but what I am looking for is 1440x900. None of these settings were originally in my xorg.conf

I've fooled around with both the xorg.conf as well as the Display Settings. I changed the monitor hardware setting to an "LCD Panel 1440x900" but that didn't change much other than stretching my desktop icons. Setting it back to "LCD Panel 1024x768" un-uglifies my icons.

[ snip ]

If you are running Fedora 11, and if you are running KDE, you have the option of using the display applet, which can be launched from the system settings applet, or launched from the command line like this:

Code:

$ kcmshell4 display

Once you are running this application, and assuming you have taken the unnecessary 'Modes "1440x900"' line out of your xorg.conf file, you should be able to test different resolutions using the applet, without having to log out and in after each change -- a big improvement over a few years ago.

As another poster has said, your display must support the resolution you are after.