Screen Resolution

[David Vincent]

James Takac wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 August 2007 08:24:25 Don Henson wrote:
>> James Takac wrote:
>>> 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
>> Thought of that. Problem is that "1280x1024" is already listed in each
>> subsection. Is there something else that needs to be changed?
>>
>> Don
> 
> Hi Don
> 
> Maybe a silly Q here, but how old is the hardware? I have a friend that 
> experiences this as well. His lcd monitor is some 5 yrs old as is the rest of 
> his system and so is using the legacy drivers for his card. I ended up with 
> the conclusion that either his hardware doesn't support the higher 
> resolutions, or it's a driver issue. I don't recall you mentioning what 
> hardware is being used here, i.e. graphics card and monitor

i had problems with my laptop lcd which turned out to be timings in 
xorg.conf.

adding...

Section "Monitor"
     Identifier     "Generic Monitor"
     HorizSync       51.0 - 75.0
     VertRefresh     41.0 - 150.0
     Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

...fixed it for me.


-d