monitor resolution trouble

netherfox · 03-25-2004, 03:02 PM

hey all,

I've been trying to set my resolution to 1280x1024 without much luck so far. I've read some threads here about editing XF86Config- and I did appropriately- but X still starts at lower resolution.

Some additional Information:
Distibution: Slackware 9.1
Monitor: NEC MultiSync FE991sb (quite capable of 1280x1024)
Videocard: Radeon 9800 Pro (don't have drivers installed for this)

If this has to do with my videocard I will probably need some help getting that to work but all input is appreciated.

Thanks,
Fox

enderjm · 03-25-2004, 03:46 PM

The driver and instructions on how to install it can be found here: ATI Proprietary Linux Driver 3.7.6 Download Page

Let us know if you get it working.

Crashed_Again · 03-25-2004, 03:48 PM

Post the portion of your XF86Config file that looks like this:

Code:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes     "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Also, if you are interested in getting the ATI drivers working do a search on this site. Their are hundreds of threads about the ATI drivers.

netherfox · 03-25-2004, 05:07 PM

here's that code:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"

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

EndSection