loss of screen resolution

[Kevin J. Cummings]

charles zeitler wrote:
> i had 1600x1200 screen resolution with f10 and the following xorg.conf:
> 
>  
>                                                                                                                  
> 
> Section 
> "ServerLayout"                                                                                                                         
> 
>         Identifier     "X.org 
> Configured"                                                                                                      
> 
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 
> 0                                                                                                           
> 
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" 
> "CorePointer"                                                                                                  
> 
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" 
> "CoreKeyboard"                                                                                              
> 
> EndSection                                                                                                                                     
> 
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
>         FontPath     "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d"
>         FontPath     "built-ins"                   
> EndSection                                         
> 
> Section "Module"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "glx"  
>         Load  "dbe"  
>         Load  "dri"  
> EndSection           
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "kbd"     
> EndSection                    
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" 
> EndSection                                   
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         #DisplaySize      320   240     # mm
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"            
>         VendorName   "DEL"                 
>         ModelName    "DELL M782"           
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 85.0           
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0          
>         Option      "DPMS"                 
> EndSection                                 
> 
> Section "Device"
>         ### Available Driver options are:-
>         ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>         ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"            
>         ### [arg]: arg optional                                     
>         #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]          
> ..........................(snip).................................
>         #Option     "Int10"                     # [<bool>]          
>         Identifier  "Card0"                                         
>         Driver      "radeon"                                        
>         VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"                          
>         BoardName   "RV530 [Radeon X1600]"                          
>         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"                                     
> EndSection                                                          
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Card0" 
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     1  
>         EndSubSection        
>         SubSection "Display" 
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     4  
>         EndSubSection        
>         SubSection "Display" 
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     8  
>         EndSubSection        
>         SubSection "Display" 
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     15 
>         EndSubSection        
>         SubSection "Display" 
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     16 
>         EndSubSection        
>         SubSection "Display" 
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24 
>                 Modes     "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
>         EndSubSection                                      
> EndSection                                                 
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0    
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection                    
> 
> but, using this in f11 gives at best 1280x1028.
> 
> anybody know what gives?

What does your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file say?

> thanks
> 
> charles zeitler
> -- 
> 
>    Do What Thou Wilt
>        Shall  Be
>      The Whole  of
>         The Law
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>      -Aleister Crowley
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