[SOLVED] Simply Mepis & Screen Resolution

th1bill · 08-02-2010, 03:31 PM

I just installed Simply Mepis 8.0.15 for a friend but the screen resolution is 800 x 600, how do I change that to 1024 x 768?

MTK358 · 08-02-2010, 04:19 PM

Did you try the desktop environment's display settings first?

th1bill · 08-02-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MTK358

Did you try the desktop environment's display settings first?

I would if I could find it.

MTK358 · 08-02-2010, 07:19 PM

What desktop environment is it?

th1bill · 08-02-2010, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MTK358

What desktop environment is it?

It's version 8.0.15 and In the terminal I typed lspci and found ATI RS480 {RADEON Xpress 200G Seriies}

MTK358 · 08-02-2010, 07:46 PM

There is no "desktop environment 8.5".

It's probably either GNOME or KDE (but others exist). What is it?

If it's KDE >= 4.0, go to:

K Menu -> Computer -> System Settings -> Display

th1bill · 08-02-2010, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mtk358

there is no "desktop environment 8.5".

It's probably either gnome or kde (but others exist). What is it?

If it's kde >= 4.0, go to:

K menu -> computer -> system settings -> display

kde 3.5.

th1bill · 08-02-2010, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by th1bill

kde 3.5.

Ok, so I found where the file is but how do I edit the 800x66 to read 1024x768 and save it until I can reboot? It's in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

MTK358 · 08-03-2010, 07:27 AM

xorg.conf has nothing to do with your desktop. It's best to leave it alone.

At least try to find some kind of settings in KDE?

snowday · 08-03-2010, 07:33 AM

You might consider running the sgfxi script to check your graphics drivers. Lack of proper graphics driver is one possible reason you are not getting the full resolution.

http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Smxi