Gnome low screen resolution (just 640x480)

[Alan McKinnon]

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.

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Alan McKinnon
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