Only 800 x 600 and 640 x 480 in GNOME

technician · 11-11-2003, 02:48 PM

Ugh, I can't get GNOME to go into any other resolutions except 800 x 600 and 640 x 480. The funny thing is that my terminal (on boot and when I exit GNOME) is running perfectly in 1024 x 786. I looked through my XFree86Config file and saw that 1024 x 768 is in there...but it must be ignoring that or something. Any ideas on what I can try?

linuXBOX · 11-11-2003, 03:04 PM

Is the monitor you selected say capable of 1024x786, when this happens to me I just change the monitor to "generic monitor 1024x786" or whatever it says.

wapcaplet · 11-11-2003, 04:47 PM

The best thing to do regarding your monitor is to find out its exact horizontal and vertical refresh rates. If you still have the manual, they should be in there; if not, a google search will probably find them for you. Run xf86config, and when it asks for horizontal and vertical rates, type in the range that your monitor supports.

Be careful - don't guess, or enter bogus values. Your monitor can explode.

technician · 11-11-2003, 07:13 PM

I found this in a PDF document for my Thinkpad, if you do a search for "Get Refresh Rate Capability" on this file:

http://www.enderak.com/linux/thinkpa...cs/600tech.pdf

it comes up with some values...though I don't know which to use (and I'm hesitant to damage the LCD).

technician · 11-11-2003, 07:39 PM

Hmmm, I got it working. Thanks for the tips all, I appreciate it. Now to get the sound working