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#1
Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Alpha Quadrant, sol system, earth, asia, Israel.
Distribution: Computer I : Slackware 9.1 ; Computer II : Windows XP
Posts: 144
Rep:
Changing screen modes in Slack 9.1 doesn't work
Slack is a really good distro, honestly.
The only thing bad about it is that I simply can't change my resolution to what I want.
Here is my XF86Config, tell me what I did wrong:
Code:
# File generated by xf86config.
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "speedo"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,il"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
VertRefresh 40-90
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
#2
Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: uk
Distribution: slackware current
Posts: 768
Rep:
Were you trying CTRL-ALT + and CTRL-ALT - ??
#3
Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: pikes peak
Distribution: Slackware, LFS
Posts: 2,577
Rep:
Re: Changing screen modes in Slack 9.1 doesn't work
Quote:
Originally posted by dushkinup Subsection "Display"
Sure you can, just edit the "modes" line that corresponds to you DefaultDepth...........I only have one entry on mine, "1152x864"..........just delete the others....
#4
Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Alpha Quadrant, sol system, earth, asia, Israel.
Distribution: Computer I : Slackware 9.1 ; Computer II : Windows XP
Posts: 144
Original Poster
Rep:
Nope. Doesn't work. Isn't there a GUI tool to configure that? Maybe something like SaX2 in SuSE?
#5
Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Posts: 659
Rep:
Well u can backup the old file and try to run "xf86config" as root (without the quotes ofcourse). The utility is a text based on though.
#6
Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Alpha Quadrant, sol system, earth, asia, Israel.
Distribution: Computer I : Slackware 9.1 ; Computer II : Windows XP
Posts: 144
Original Poster
Rep:
Nope...
#7
Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Posts: 659
Rep:
can u elaborate on the "nope.. " ??/
#8
Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Alpha Quadrant, sol system, earth, asia, Israel.
Distribution: Computer I : Slackware 9.1 ; Computer II : Windows XP
Posts: 144
Original Poster
Rep:
Same as editing the config file. It doesn't want to switch to those modes, dunno why.
#9
Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Posts: 659
Rep:
what modes do u want ?
#10
Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Distribution: slackware 9.1
Posts: 106
Rep:
well... did you try upgrading your video card driver?
#11
LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Posts: 4
Rep:
I had this problem, it was because I hadn't set up the monitor correctly. Make sure your horizontal & vertical refresh rates are right.
#12
Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Japan
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 88
Rep:
I had the same problem as dishknup and fixed it by putting to correct Hoizontal and Vertical Refresh rates in the XF86Config file.
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