Subject: Re: Screen resolutions (was: Linux laptops) - SUCCESS
From: Eric D. (liriodendron@mac.com)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 16:47:21 MST
on 16/3/02 19:01, Eric D. at liriodendron@mac.com wrote:
> I had some success today (yippi). xf86config did nothing. What worked was
> Xconfigurator combined with editing of XF86Config-4.
<snip>
> pico /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>
> I paged down use the "page down" key (it works, as does the numeric keypad
> with Num Lock off) to the "default depth" section and changed 8 to 24
>
> Pressed ctrl-X (to quit) and followed the prompts to save. Ctrl-alt-F7
> followed by ctrl-alt-backspace and voila, I had 24 bit colour, 1024*768 AND
> 75 Hz refresh rate (so my eyes no longer go buggy with 60 Hz).
>
> Now, as a complete stab in the dark I wanted to see if I would be lucky
> enough to get 1280*1024 @ 60 Hz by a simple edit.
>
> ctrl-alt-F2
> pico /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>
> Paged down to the bottom of the document where there were three 1024*768
> settings with 8, 16 and 24. I changed three 1024x768 to 1280x1024, did
> ctrl-X, saved, then back to X-Windows via ctrl-alt-F7, ctrl-alt-backspace
> (to reset) and I got 1280x1024 at 60 Hz.
I changed the 1024x768 to 1152x864 in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and it actually
worked!!! I'm more than happy to be able to use 1152x864 @ 75 Hz but I
wouldn't mind virtual desktop ability. If I figure that out *and* how to
keep your screen resolution, I'll post it here too.
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