Cannot set display resolution above 800x600

Lonni J Friedman netllama at gmail.com
Fri Mar 2 15:42:56 UTC 2007


On 3/2/07, Philip Walden <pwaldenlinux at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Kam Leo wrote:
> > On 3/1/07, J Taylor <justay at swbell.net> wrote:
> >> I recently had to re-install FC6.  Now my 17" CRT that I have always
> >> ran at
> >> 1024x760 can only be set at 800x600 or 640x480.  I have looked high
> >> and low
> >> but cannot find the source of the problem.
> >>
> >> What do I need to do to restore my original resolution?
> >>
> >
> > Have you run system-config-display and verified that your graphics
> > card is installed?
> >
> Make sure the monitor is not set to the "generic monitor". Pick some
> vendor's CRT that has higher resolutions.

Which X driver are you using?


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