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Screen resolution in KDE

Hey, I just installed Fedora Core 4 with KDE. When it was installing it set the screen resolution to 800*600 which i left assuming i could just change it when i was actually using the PC later.

For some reason though if i go to the screen resolution option in KDE the highest possible resolution is 800*600 and i cant set it higher than this. This happened before when i was using mandriva and i had it set to 1024*768 or so but again when i went to change the resolution at a later stage it couldnt be set any higher than 1024*768.

Does anyone know why it is setting this maximum level based on what you pick in the installation and how to fix it?

Thanks,
NNP

Hello

You need to use the utility that comes with Fedora to change the resolution it's located under the system submenu I think

Yes, i know. Thats where the problem im encountering is.

Have you tried this (I did it on my FC3)?

log in as root and start:
system-config-display

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Or manually change:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

search and edit the section:

Code:

Section "Monitor"

        Identifier  "Monitor0"

        VendorName  "Monitor Vendor"

        ModelName    "Philips 107P(17inch)"

        HorizSync    30.0 - 92.0

        VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0

        Option      "dpms"

EndSection



Section "Device"

        Identifier  "Videocard0"

        Driver      "savage"

        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"

        BoardName  "S3 Savage 2000 (generic)"

EndSection