(fedora) help with screen resolution

[Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen]

Jan Brosius <jan.brosius at skynet.be> wrote on 14-DEC-2007 00:40:54.68

>I use fedora 8. Just to play I changed my screen resolution from 
>1280x1024 to 1280x800. I logged out, logged in again (now with 
>resolution 1280x800) and then I wanted to change again to 1280x1024 but 
>I saw that this was impossible. I only get 1280x800 as highest possible 
>choice. How can I restore my screen resolution to 1280x1024.
I had the same on my laptop yesterday. I solved it by editing the
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file and added the 1280x1024 as first parameter of the
"modes line" in the "screen" section.
After this you have to restart the X-server (i.e. by loging-off .. logon)


            Jouk


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