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Old 01-15-2005, 02:39 PM   #1
daniel_lidstrom
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Can't change resolution to 1280x960


Hi,

My window manager is KDE, and it only allows me to change to 1024x768. Here is the screen section of my XF86Config-4 file:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]"
Monitor "SAM:264f"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Why can't I choose the 1280x960 resolution? I do have a Radeon 9200 and a Samsung monitor, that indeed can handle this resolution.

Thanks in advance!
 
Old 01-15-2005, 06:01 PM   #2
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Try pressing Ctl-Alt-+ (control, alt, and the numeric plus sign) to toggle through your resolutions. If that doesn't work, try dropping the default color depth to 16. I don't know how much video memory your card has, but trying to set a higher color depth while using a high resolution may require more memory than your card has. In that situation, the card will switch to using the highest resolution that it can support. Good luck with it -- J.W.
 
  


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