Screen Resolution

[James Takac]

On Wednesday 22 August 2007 00:41:22 Don Henson wrote:
> During installation, I was asked to select the maximum resolution that
> X-server would be expected to handle, or words to that effect. I entered
> a high resolution of 1280x1024, one that my display can handle and
> higher than 1024x768. However, my display resolution remains at
> 1024x768. I've checked /etc/X11/xorg.conf and all of my display
> subsections include 1280x1024 but that value does not appear in the list
> presented by the gui 'Screen Resolution'. 1024x768 is usable but I
> prefer the higher resolution. Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Don Henson

Hi Don

I've seen this on my pc's as well. My solution was to go back and manually add 
in the resolutions in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

James