Hello,


I can't change my monitor resolution to anything above 640*480 when using slackware. when I use any other distro on this box I don't seem to have this issue. I have copied a portion of my xorg.conf file below any help would be greatly appreciated.



HorizSync 31.7 - 55.0

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 60-90

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "vesa"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# 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 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

Thanks

you need another driver and maybe change the mon. frequencies.

look at the output of " /sbin/lspci " to find the type of video-card you have.
and check the manual of your monitor for the correct settings.

egag

How do I check the output of /sbin/lspci ? I checked the monitor this is what I found V 60.3KHz H 31.7KHz.

this is a real old IBM machine from like 98 or 99 I think I know the video is onboard but not sure what it is.

just type " /sbin/lspci " at the command prompt.
( without the "" )

and for the monitor you should have two ranges: one in KHz for hor. freq.
and one in Hz for vert. freq.

egag

ok for the video card this is what it says S3 Inc. Trio 64 3D
I got the correct ranges from the website that makes my monitor and fixed that part.

you could try :

Driver "s3"

or

Driver "s3virge"

in the device section of the config file.

and change

HorizSync 31.7 - 55.0

to

HorizSync 31.7 - 60.3

and check the hor. freq. settings.

egag

I tried changing it to s3virge and now it says the module does not exit. Now I'm in text mode only I'll try changing it to just s3 next but I only know how to edit files from the Gui how do I do it in text mode?

you can type " pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf ".
edit the file and use " ctrl-o " + " return " to save the file
and " crtl-x " to exit.

but it's strange that the driver is not found ?

egag

this is what I get.
(EE) failed to load module "S3" (Module does not exist, 0)
(EE) no drivers available

hmm...i guess that has to be " S3 ".

edit: ..."s3" should be oke.


egag

I ran xorgconfig and chose s3virge and it worked from there. I appreciate your help.

I have another question when I'm installing programs is there a commom directory I should be installing them in? Thanks again

here's a link to the online Slackware book:

http://www.slackbook.org/html/book.html

chapter 9 :filestructure and 18: package management will answer your Q.
and a lot of information on Slack you can find there.

egag