Changing Screen Resolution

Galifrey · 9 Nov 2002 at 16:38

Okay, how do I do this, set in 1024x768

want to go to 1600x1200... 32bit of course...

Galifrey · 9 Nov 2002 at 17:06

Thanks shak, unfortunately that didnt work, still in 1024x768

if I now load XF86Config it shows the revised numbers, but doesnt appear to use them...

Any other suggestions???

Galifrey · 9 Nov 2002 at 17:53

# The accel server
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "RIVA TNT2"
Monitor "Iiyama A201HT, VisionMaster Pro 510"
DefaultColorDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

Thats what I have, shouldnt that be okay?

Galifrey · 9 Nov 2002 at 18:13

Yeah I thought I'd get the res working first then the colour depth...

All I changed was the 1024x768 entries for 1600x1200

My line already said "defaultcolordepth 16"

hmm

Galifrey · 9 Nov 2002 at 21:39

nah no difference if I change it...

Galifrey · 10 Nov 2002 at 11:10

Originally posted by Shak
You wont be able to see a difference but there will be a difference, have you tried restarting?

Shak

only 10-15 times :/

Galifrey · 10 Nov 2002 at 11:20

# **********************************************************************

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Chipset "generic"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "RIVA TNT2"
VendorName "NVidia"
VideoRam 32768
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen section
# **********************************************************************

# The kernel framebuffer server
Section "Screen"
Driver "fbdev"
Device "Generic VGA Card"
Monitor "Probed Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
# Depth 16
Depth 16
Modes "default"
EndSubsection
EndSection

# The 16-color VGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga16"
Device "Generic VGA Card"
Monitor "Iiyama A201HT, VisionMaster Pro 510"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

# The Mono server
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga2"
Device "Generic VGA Card"
Monitor "Iiyama A201HT, VisionMaster Pro 510"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

# The svga server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "RIVA TNT2"
Monitor "Iiyama A201HT, VisionMaster Pro 510"
DefaultDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection

# The accel server
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "RIVA TNT2"
Monitor "Iiyama A201HT, VisionMaster Pro 510"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

There thats the entire section of XF86Config that has the info....

Galifrey · 10 Nov 2002 at 11:30

hmmm

I got a funny feeling I am in 800x600 and CTRL-ALT- Plus switches me to 640x480

does that mean its using the default VGA driver?

Galifrey · 10 Nov 2002 at 11:59

ah buggah, managed to kill the install, so am reinstalling...

will select 1600x1200 as default this time :rolleyes:

Galifrey · 10 Nov 2002 at 17:29

god knows, just refused to load xwindow...

Anyway, all working now and at 1600x1200