How do i change the desktop resolution in slackware 9.1??

Otsaika Matsuji · 06-03-2004, 03:06 PM

i've already tried the ctrl alt + - thing and it didnt do anything. what do i do??

synaptical · 06-03-2004, 03:24 PM

on my machine, it's shift-ctrl + to increase, ctrl - to decrease. or try changing the settings in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file to what you want, or run xf86config again.

> oh wait, i think that's my mozilla font size that's changing.

so change your XF86Config as bulliver detailed and then restart X.

bulliver · 06-03-2004, 03:24 PM

You need to add some different resolutions to the "screen" section in your XF86Config file. For example here is mine:

Code:

DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection

List your default resolution first in the line, under the subsection that lists your default depth. You can see in my example that my default is "1280x1024" at 24 bit colour depth.

You don't need to add the resolutions you don't think you will use. Now when you do the ctrl alt + - thing X will cycle through the resolutions you have specified here.