Gnome low screen resolution (just 640x480)

[Richard]

> On Monday 22 May 2006 20:05, Jeremy J. Swarm wrote:
>> i've had this issue with breezy. i had to edit my xorg.conf ... not
>> an uberbugsquasherman here.... but if you edit it, just search it
>> for ""640x480"" and replace that with your ideal resolution... or
>> add your ideal resolution.
> 
> Or just comment out all Modes lines in the Screen section and let xorg 
> figure it out by itself. (Assuming your card/monitor correctly 
> reports it's capabilities, which has been the norm for many years 
> now). From my xorg.conf:
> 
> Section "Screen"
>   Identifier      "Default Screen"
>   Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 9200 SE (RV280)"
>   Monitor         "SyncMaster"
>   DefaultDepth    24
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth           1
> #   Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth           4
> #   Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth           8
> #   Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth           15
> #   Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth           16
> #   Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth           24
> #   Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> I have no configured Modes, yet all recent distros I have tried 
> correctly run at 1792x1344 at 60 when I do it this way. Seems that xorg 
> is much better at figuring out possible resolutions than any other 
> solution.
> 

See my post on "...video fixed"

Rich