screen resolution issues
i am running mandriva 1. i set my screen resolution to 1024x768 at boot thinking i could raise this after the installation was done. however the system wont let me go past 1024x768 and i know my monitor is capable of more. is there anyway to raise this without rebooting
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Multiple resolutions may be placed in order like so: Code:
Subsection "Display" |
i found when i ran mandrake 10 that desktop resolution and monitor resolution were seperate configurations. if you had your monitor set as a 1024x768 device then you couldn't have a higher desktop res. if you up the monitor then up the desktop that should work.
the advice on editing your xorg.conf would def work, n1 bulliver :) |
If adding a higher resolution in xorg.conf doesn't work, you might try the gtf program to generate a mode line.
gtf 1280 1024 60 -x for example for 1280x1024 at 60 Hz. If your xorg.conf file doesn't have a mode section (and a cooresponding use modes line), you can put the modeline in the Monitor section. The modeline should look something like this: # 1280x1024 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 108.88 MHz Modeline "1280x1024_60.00" 108.88 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1060 -HSync +Vsync Delete the ".00" characters from the name so it looks like this: # 1280x1024 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 108.88 MHz Modeline "1280x1024_60" 108.88 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1060 -HSync +Vsync Then edit your Display section adding the higher resolution: Code:
Subsection "Display" |
Hi
I hope you don't mind if i jump in hear. I have had trouble getting the higher resolutions to work on every computer I have installed debian Sarge on. The one I am working on at this time has a S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] video card. / with "savage" driver Compaq 7500 cpq1445 monitor. I did the copy paste thing from Knoppix4 into the xfree86 config when I installed (stable) Sarge. The other day I did a partial upgrade to testing (etch?) because it seamed to be the only way to get some updated packages to run. I had to leave before it finished and my wife (G-d bless her) finished up the upgrade wile I talked to her on the phone. You guessed it, things broke. Anyway I have most things fixed (I even have surround sound now) but I am stuck at the 1024x768 resolution. Like I said I have had this issue with every comp I have installed linux on. I have discovered that I now have xorg instead of xfree86. I have 6 config files in /etc/X11. The XF86 ones I can probeblly delete. The other two one named "xorg.conf" and "xorg.conf.20060829185821". The second one I got after # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. I assume this is the one I should edit for my changes. Both files seam to be the same. My config file has a lot of (30) ModeLine's in it for various resolutions, such as # These are the DDC-probed settings reported by your monitor. ModeLine "640x480" 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync # 640x480, 60.0Hz; hfreq=31.47, vfreq=59.94 ModeLine "640x480" 25.17 640 648 744 784 480 482 484 509 -hsync -vsync # Extended modelines with GTF timings # 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz ModeLine "640x480" 43.16 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -HSync +Vsync # 768x576 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 35.82 kHz; pclk: 34.96 MHz I notice that you recommend to edit out the ".00" as Modeline "1280x1024_60.00" 108.88 to make Modeline "1280x1024_60" 108.88. Mine don't have that ".00". Some of these resolutions are very high, like "Modeline "1920x1200" 193.16..." I know that in windows this card/monitor conbination will go quite high making the stuff on the screen so small you can't hardly see it. I would like to get to 1280x960 though. I have not edited the config yet because I was not sure which one to edit. I have at other times added the different resolution in the [Section "Screen"] of the config files but it has never worked. Like I said the last time I copied the settings out of a knoppix boot config to get the resolution up. BTW I have googled this several time with no answer to my error. I have noticed that after the "# Extended modelines with GTF timings" I have -HSync +Vsync instead of -hsync -vsync caps and no caps. Does it matter? Do the caps cause it not to recognize the rates? I also notice that there seams to be a "." right after the resolution in the modeline's before the "# Extended modelines with GTF timings". So if I add a "." to the others will that make them work? I have not been able to find a xorg.conf manpage yet. Could you point me? Debian: user friendly and I am becoming it's friend Thanks Shalom |
I tried editing the config file to
SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection Still can't get the 1280x960 Something I read somewhere said something about the amount the amount of memory affecting the resolutions you can get. I didn't specify any extra for my onboard video when I ran the # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. How can I check how much it has? The gui utillities I had on my system before the half failed upgrade don't run any more. Even when they did I don't ever recall seeing a reference to onboard video memory. Thanks Shalom |
I tried editing the config file to
SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection Still can't get the 1280x960 Something I read somewhere said something about the amount the amount of memory affecting the resolutions you can get. I didn't specify any extra for my onboard video when I ran the # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. How can I check how much it has? The gui utillities I had on my system before the half failed upgrade don't run any more. Even when they did I don't ever recall seeing a reference to onboard video memory. Thanks Shalom |
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In my case my computer has shared video which is set in the BIOS . I had to increase from 12M to 16M
Changed mine from 16m to 32m. No change. Was a good thought though. Guess I will try playing with the config some. There has to be something i am missing. How can I tell for sure what intagrated video card is in this mainboard. The comp is a Compaq Presario S4020WM. Ofcourse the HP site dosen't give much info about what the main board even is. At one time I had a fairly good description of all the hardware in it but then XP started that BSOD thing that I have been unable (new hd, 2 fresh installs, bla bla) to correct. A corupted ZIP file cost me a lot of files. It did finally get me into linux more. Any way is there a package that will scan the hardware and identify it? Thanks Shalom |
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