When I go into Mandrake Control Center and change the resolution to larger then 1024x768 the screen doesnt fit, I can scroll over the Desktop all directions instead of it being Set at the correct resolution, How do I fix this??

This sucks, I cannot use this... Its like the screen is zoomed in... i have to scroll to see my whole desktop... resolution larger than the visible area

you've found virtual screen, which means when you either adjust your screen from the settings, or you hit ctl+alt and + or - the screensize becomes larger than your monitor. i'm not sure what the purpose of this is, but it's pretty common...what screen resolution is set now, and what are you trying to get to?

also, you can read about it here...

Right now I have 1600x900 which I doubt my Geforce 256mb PCI card can handle or my dell dimension monitor... But I'm trying to get atleast 1028x1024 ... anything that would be preportionally stable, and larger then 1024x768 my usualy reso.

you can run xorgconfig, and set up x yourself manually. you'll need a little info about your pc tho..such as which video card you have and the monitor settings for your monitor, which you can find on the dell site, i think. i've never used mandriva before, but x is pretty standard...lots of info on x here...

Well, I still cannot get my screen past 1024x768 without the visible area being smaller then the actual resoolution, causing scrolling of the desktop.

Is it possible that my monitor just doesnt support anything over 1024x768 in Linux because it is possible through windows Xp(eww)

I still cannot figure this out... 1024x768 just isnt enough space to work... Can you seriously tell me noone knows the answer to this?

can you post the section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf that deals with the screen size? mine is this:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

Compare yours with the one from detpenguin. See the difference?
your onedetpenguin's oneCreate a backup of your X configuration file and replace the shown parts. Restart your X after that.

Can you also tells us which video card and which monitor you have and post the sections 'monitor' and 'device'? We might be able to get the highest resolutions out of your box.

Right, I editied my xorg.conf with penguins configuration under Screen and ended session then reloaded kde and it loaded up 1024x768 works good, but when I try to right click Configure Desktop it only gives me option 1024x768..


In XFDrake from Control Center for Resolution the value is: 1280x1024 24bpp... Doesnt this contradict the Config Desktop value?


Monitor:Device:
Monitor: Dell 773c
Video Card: BFG Tech Oc'ed Nvidia Geforce FX 256mb PCI card... (dell dimensions Suck, they dont have AGP poRt!!!!!!!!!!)

What do I do here, this small desktop smells

The wierdest thing happened, instead of just ending session i rebooted and now my resolution is what I want, THanks everyone!

You were supposed to restart X (with <ctrl><alt><backspace>); that should have done the trick as well.
But OK, glad it works.

glad to help....X ain't the easiest thing in the world to figure out....