Can not change screen resolution (Fedora 5, gnome)
Ron Siven
r.siven at mchsi.com
Sat Jul 29 03:22:23 UTC 2006
On Friday 28 July 2006 22:11, Kam Leo wrote:
> On 7/28/06, Haluk Tunali <haluk.fedora at tunali.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It seems like I am not able to change my x server screen resolution from
> > the default to anything higher than that (I want 1280x1024 with (16 or
> > 24 bit color depth). I have just freshly installed fedora 5 and running
> > gnome window manager. I have tried changing the resolution with
> > System->Administration->Display (the resolution and color depth options
> > that I want, are listed in the drop-down box), it prompts me to
> > logoff-logon, I exit the x server and start x again and see the same
> > resolution (same with restart). I also tried editing xorg.conf file
> > myself with no luck.
> >
> > My xorg.conf file content is below. Fedora seems to recognize my monitor
> > and graphics card correctly (at least their names are correct in
> > xorg.conf).
> >
> > I will greatly appreciate any help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "single head configuration"
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Files"
> >
> > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> > # By default, a font server independent of the X server is
> > # used to render fonts.
> > FontPath "unix/:7100"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Module"
> > Load "dbe"
> > Load "extmod"
> > Load "fbdevhw"
> > Load "glx"
> > Load "record"
> > Load "freetype"
> > Load "type1"
> > Load "dri"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >
> > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
> > # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> > # Option "XkbDisable"
> > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
> > # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
> > # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> > # Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
> > # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> > # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
> > #
> > # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> > # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> > # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> > # or:
> > # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
> > #
> > # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
> > # control keys, use:
> > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> > # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
> > #
> > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > Driver "kbd"
> > Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Mouse0"
> > Driver "mouse"
> > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> > ModelName "Dell 1704FPV (Digital)"
> > DisplaySize 340 270
> > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> > HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
> > VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
> > Option "dpms"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Videocard0"
> > Driver "radeon"
> > VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> > BoardName "ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon X800 XL] (PCIe)"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "Videocard0"
> > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > DefaultDepth 16
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 16
> > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "DRI"
> > Group 0
> > Mode 0666
> > EndSection
>
> 1) You're missing a section like the following for my monitor:
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> 2) Your monitor cannot go higher than 1024x768.
>
> If it is case 1) then use /usr/bin/system-config-display and configure
> your monitor for 24-bit color.
I looked up your monitor, and its native resolution is 1280 x 1024. So, you
need another section as mentioned in option 1 as Kam Leo specifies, but you
also need another resolution level in that new section. Here's that section:
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
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