Richard Vaughn wrote:
> Having mucho trouble bumping the screen res above 800x600 on several
> Linux machines
> (FC2, FC4, FC6).
>
> I have modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows with no success:
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
>
> I have also tried commenting out the 'Monitor' values "HorizSync" &
> "VertRefresh". No dice.
>
> I have spent far too much time on something that should be so simple.
> This is BS.
> Thoughts?

How are you trying to change resolution? Are you using the gnome or kde
configure option? If not whatever they say will over-ride whatever you do to the
file.

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On Apr 16, 7:39 pm, "Richard Vaughn" wrote:
> Having mucho trouble bumping the screen res above 800x600 on several

Have you checked the string: DefaultDepth ?

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Groovy hepcat "Richard Vaughn" was jivin' on Mon, 16
Apr 2007 12:39:54 -0700. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

> Having mucho trouble bumping the screen res above 800x600 on several
> Linux machines

I've had that problem too. I find that if I set my monitor up as a
generic svga type (even though the monitor is supposed to be supported) I
can get higher resolutions.

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:39:54 -0700, Richard Vaughn wrote:

> Having mucho trouble bumping the screen res above 800x600 on several
> Linux machines
> (FC2, FC4, FC6).
>
> I have modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows with no success:
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
>
> I have also tried commenting out the 'Monitor' values "HorizSync" &
> "VertRefresh". No dice.
>
> I have spent far too much time on something that should be so simple.
> This is BS.
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> -Richard Vaughn

What is the video card? I had that problem with the display on my gateway
laptop. Evidently the video bios on the intel graphics adapter is borked.
ONLY solution I could find was the commercial driver from xigraphics. They
have a free trial download to see if it will work for you.

Richard Vaughn wrote:
> Having mucho trouble bumping the screen res above 800x600 on several
> Linux machines
> (FC2, FC4, FC6).
>
> I have modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows with no success:
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
>
> I have also tried commenting out the 'Monitor' values "HorizSync" &
> "VertRefresh". No dice.
>
> I have spent far too much time on something that should be so simple.
> This is BS.
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> -Richard Vaughn
>

I've had a similar problem, eventually (after more than a year )
adding a modeline to xorg.conf fixed it:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Compaq 1024"
UseModes
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "960x720"
Modeline "960x720" 66.36 960 1008 1112 1264 720 721 724 750
-HSync +VSync
EndSection

The values I copied from the nvidia control panel in windows.
I don't know what they should be for your monitor/card combination, but
if you google for "linux modeline calculator" you'll find some tools
that might help you out.

Michel.

dillinger writes:

>Richard Vaughn wrote:
>> Having mucho trouble bumping the screen res above 800x600 on several
>> Linux machines
>> (FC2, FC4, FC6).

You have not told us what the trouble is. Or what your wireless card is, or
anything. or what your other entries in xorg.conf are....

>>
>> I have modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows with no success:
>> SubSection "Display"
>> Viewport 0 0
>> Depth 24
>> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
>> "800x600" "640x480"

This looks suspiciously like you have a carriage return at the end of that
previous line. There should not be.

>> EndSubSection
>>
>> I have also tried commenting out the 'Monitor' values "HorizSync" &
>> "VertRefresh". No dice.

Now why would you comment them out? Make sure that they are correct, rather
than commenting them out.

>>
>> I have spent far too much time on something that should be so simple.
>> This is BS.
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Richard Vaughn
>>

>I've had a similar problem, eventually (after more than a year )
>adding a modeline to xorg.conf fixed it:

> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Compaq 1024"
> UseModes
> EndSection

> Section "Modes"
> Identifier "960x720"
> Modeline "960x720" 66.36 960 1008 1112 1264 720 721 724 750
>-HSync +VSync
> EndSection

>The values I copied from the nvidia control panel in windows.
>I don't know what they should be for your monitor/card combination, but
>if you google for "linux modeline calculator" you'll find some tools
>that might help you out.

>Michel.