Screen Resolution

[NoOp]

On 08/21/2007 06:40 PM, Don Henson wrote:
> 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
>> 
>> James
>> 
> The display adapter is an Nvidia "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]". I don't
> really know how old it is but I'd guess about 5 years. The monitor is an
> HP "vs19e" and is about 6 months old. I'm pretty sure the hardware can
> handle the higher resolution since it was working okay just a couple of
> days ago under OpenSuSE. However, I'm beginning to suspect that it's a
> driver issue, as in Ubuntu no longer keeps the driver in their database.
> 
> Don
> 
> 

Sometimes simply putting in the monitor type and/or putting in the
HorizSync and VertRefresh rates will help. Google for:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=xorg+%2Bvs19e&btnG=Search

You should also be able to get those rates from the user manual. A sample:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "DEL"
        ModelName    "Dell 1905FP (Analog)"
        DisplaySize  380        310
        HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
        VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

And from one of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf filesn for a Hitachi SuperScan
Elite 641 monitor:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"CM641"
	HorizSync    31.0 - 75.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 130.0
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection