My resolution is stuck at something like 300X400 and i can´t change it.
I´ve tried damn near everything and I´m getting fed up. I´ve ....
1) Tried to use Xconfigurator (found out it wasn´t installed on my comp.)
2) Tried redhat-config-xfree86 (didn´t work)
3) Edited /etc/X11/XF86Config (still no)
No matter what I set it to every single time after I reboot no change.
What´s wrong with it?

It's likely that your card can't support the resolution you're trying to set. Try setting your color to 16 bit and then try your preferred resolution. If that doesn't work, try going a little smaller on the resolution.

But have you tried editing /etc/X11/XF86Config-4? If you are using a reasonably new version of XFree, that is the name of the config file, NOT XF86Config.

yeh, if you do have the xf86config-4 I would just remove it and then x will boot uses the stuff in xf86config which you said you already configured. Have you tried control-alt and plus or minus on the numpad, this cycles though resolution

I have no XF86Config-4 file. And Cnrtl + Alt + Num(-)/(+) doesn't work for me. my color is already in 16 bit. Should I go to 15 bit?

Now I got this from near the last half of my xf86config file
now you see that I have about 5 different resolutions for each depth. What you might want to do is get root permissions and go in and edit the xf86config file and under the 16 bit depth put this in.
so in this case in 16 bit it should be forced to go to the "800x600" parameter. Yeh, and also try just 8 bit for a little bit to see if that works with higher resolution because your monitor or graphics card might not be able to do over 300x400 on 16 bit.
Hope this helps,

Okay I just tried setting the only resolution to 800X600 and Xwindows failed to start and I had to restore the backup file that I had cleverly thought of in advance . Anyways I'm beginning to think that the only resolution that it likes is 640X480. It doesnṫ make much sense to me. Under windows I could have my resolutions at 1400X? and still have 16 million colors. Kinda disappointing
Does anyone else have anymore suggestions? Because I intend to fix this problem even if I have to ask Robert Scheifler himself.
And thanks everyone for the advice thus far.

Hey all,
I just thought of something. If you notice in the screenshot below when I set my resolution to a desirable resolution a white box forms around a black area and then my desktop. I thinking that if I could get rid of that black area then my screen will be normal. Maybe? Anyone know how this might be acomplished?
Thanks in advance.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/coma0/configd.png

can you post your display settings from XF86Config? Also, what type of vid card is it?

No problem.
Graphics Card: Intel® 82845G Graphics Controller
# File generated by anaconda.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
#Option "XkbOptions" ""
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us_intl" #Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 47.0 - 120.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# no known options
#BusID
Identifier "Intel 845"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Intel 845"
BoardName "Intel 845"
VideoRam 32768
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Intel 845"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

wow, if I wasn't already confused enough, thanks for the screenshot . Can you move you mouse to the edge of the screen and the screen moves?

No the screen doesnṫ scroll. Should it?

hmm...did you see if you can config your brand of monitor? It looks like a generic monitor setup. Also, see if you can change the line

Modes "640x480"

to

Modes "1024x768"

If that doesn't work you can try and download Intel's video driver for your card:

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ux*&submit=Go!


Oh yeah..did you try:

modprobe -l \* | grep i830.o ? I found it in the README:

ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-suppo...ENG/readme.txt

still no. I think that I'm going to report this to the people over at xfree86. This should definitely not be happening. But thanks everyone who contributed.

Sorry, but i need to post 5 posts b4 i can paste my config files that i guess look suspiciously like url's