screen resolution
Antonio Olivares
olivares14031 at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 9 02:10:06 UTC 2006
--- Thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm just starting to research screen resolution. I
> want to safely
> increase my screen resolution, but first need to
> make notes on how to
> recover, via the fedora rescue CD, in the event
> things go wrong.
>
> At this point I'm just thinking aloud, but please do
> chime in! :)
>
> data:
>
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf -n
> 1
> 2 # XFree86 4 configuration created by
> pyxf86config
> 3
> 4 Section "ServerLayout"
> 5 Identifier "Default Layout"
> 6 Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> 7 InputDevice "Mouse0"
> "CorePointer"
> 8 InputDevice "Keyboard0"
> "CoreKeyboard"
> 9 EndSection
> 10
> 11 Section "Files"
> 12
> 13 # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed
> (they are concatenated together)
> 14 # By default, a font server independent of
> the X server is
> 15 # used to render fonts.
> 16 FontPath "unix/:7100"
> 17 EndSection
> 18
> 19 Section "Module"
> 20 Load "dbe"
> 21 Load "extmod"
> 22 Load "fbdevhw"
> 23 Load "glx"
> 24 Load "record"
> 25 Load "freetype"
> 26 Load "type1"
> 27 Load "dri"
> 28 EndSection
> 29
> 30 Section "InputDevice"
> 31
> 32 # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be
> user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> 33 # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
> 34 # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension,
> uncomment XkbDisable.
> 35 # Option "XkbDisable"
> 36 # To customise the XKB settings to suit your
> keyboard, modify the
> 37 # lines below (which are the defaults). For
> example, for a non-U.S.
> 38 # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> 39 # Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
> 40 # If you have a US Microsoft Natural
> keyboard, you can use:
> 41 # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
> 42 #
> 43 # Then to change the language, change the
> Layout setting.
> 44 # For example, a german layout can be
> obtained with:
> 45 # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> 46 # or:
> 47 # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> 48 # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
> 49 #
> 50 # If you'd like to switch the positions of
> your capslock and
> 51 # control keys, use:
> 52 # Option "XkbOptions"
> "ctrl:swapcaps"
> 53 # Or if you just want both to be control,
> use:
> 54 # Option "XkbOptions"
> "ctrl:nocaps"
> 55 #
> 56 Identifier "Keyboard0"
> 57 Driver "kbd"
> 58 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> 59 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> 60 EndSection
> 61
> 62 Section "InputDevice"
> 63 Identifier "Mouse0"
> 64 Driver "mouse"
> 65 Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> 66 Option "Device"
> "/dev/input/mice"
> 67 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> 68 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> 69 EndSection
> 70
> 71 Section "Monitor"
> 72
> 73 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync
> values to use DDC:
> 74 Identifier "Monitor0"
> 75 VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> 76 ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster
> 753DF(X)/703DF(X)/783DF(X)/CD173A(T)"
> 77 DisplaySize 320 240
> 78 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync
> values to use DDC:
> 79 HorizSync 30.0 - 71.0
> 80 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
> 81 Option "dpms"
> 82 EndSection
> 83
> 84 Section "Device"
> 85 Identifier "Videocard0"
> 86 Driver "sis"
> 87 VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> 88 BoardName "Silicon Integrated
> Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display
> Adapter"
> 89 EndSection
> 90
> 91 Section "Screen"
> 92 Identifier "Screen0"
> 93 Device "Videocard0"
> 94 Monitor "Monitor0"
> 95 DefaultDepth 24
> 96 SubSection "Display"
> 97 Viewport 0 0
> 98 Depth 16
> 99 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> 100 EndSubSection
> 101 SubSection "Display"
> 102 Viewport 0 0
> 103 Depth 24
> 104 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> 105 EndSubSection
> 106 EndSection
> 107
> 108 Section "DRI"
> 109 Group 0
> 110 Mode 0666
> 111 EndSection
> 112
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$ date
> Sat Sep 9 02:24:54 IST 2006
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Thufir
>
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Try doing the following
become root user
[thufir at arrakis ~]$ su -
password: *****
[root at arrakis ~]# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
as root user type gedit/kedit/ etc. or vim/emacs from
command line if you are not in a Window
Manager/Desktop Environment like GNOME or KDE.
Change the lines where you see Modes to
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"
check your monitor's specifications as to how much
resolution is allowed
"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
put the highest resolution that your monitor supports.
In case that you have exceeded your monitors
specifications, CTRL ALT BACKSPACE to get out of X
environment and/or reboot press a to grub before
booting and put a 3 to enter into level 3 and edit
your xorg.conf file.
Hope this helps,
Antonio
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