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Checking what resolution X is running at

I've setup my XFree86Config file (using xf86config) to run at my monitor's recommended resolution of 1280x1024 and the following lines are present in the Screen section:

Code:

Section "Screen"

    Identifier  "Screen 1"

    Device      "* Generic VESA compatible"

    Monitor    "SM171s"

    DefaultDepth 24



    Subsection "Display"

        Depth      8

        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        ViewPort    0 0

    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth      16

        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        ViewPort    0 0

    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth      24

        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        ViewPort    0 0

    EndSubsection

EndSection

However, I don't think X is running in this resolution, because I'm getting the slight anti-aliasing/blurring effect that I used to have on Windows before I upped the resolution (it's an LCD/TFT monitor and doesn't seem to like being run at anything other than the recommended resolution and to be honest I'd like to use the maximum anyway).

Is there a tool that will tell me exactly what resolution X is running at, in case it's skipping the first resolution and using the next one?

You should open your system configuration window. (you know, left the list of all the stuff, like:
system, information, security, sound,... and at the right the information about it).

Go to the (at least, that's the way on mandrake) information tab. Then click on the X server tab in the list. Under the screen section you should see the current resolution somewhere.

Hope this works.

Is there some kind of command line tool I can use instead? I'm running Enlightenment on Gentoo.