Subject: Re: screen resolution problems
From: Takashi Oe (toe@unlserve.unl.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 11:55:39 MDT
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:47:25 -0400, Tim Moran wrote:
> Hey everyone-
>
> Thanks for the replies however they didn't help me (yet). I did install
> the Xautoconfig from the CD but what do I do with it now? I tried to run
> it from the run command in the KDE menu but nothing happened. The ATI
> card seems to be working fine except for the super fine screen
> resolution. When I installed YDL I selected custom setup and picked the
> supported resolutions for the card. I had anticipated being able to
> select resolutions in some sort of control panel.
Press "control" "option" "+" or "-" where +/- are the ones on
keypad. It may be that you need to press "command" instead of
"option".
Also, xvidtune -prev or xvidetune -next does the same. See
"man xvidtune".
When you feel adventurous, try "pico /etc/X11/XF86Config". If you
see entries like
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x870" "1024x768" "832x624"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection
change the order of "1600x1200" "1280x1024" ... to start with the
mode you want. You may want to change "Virtual" entry too. See
"man XF86Config" for more info.
Xautoconfig is for someone who can't get X working at all, and,
in your case, it doesn't help much since X is up and running
already ;)
Takashi Oe
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