Gnome display configuration problem

[Frank Shute]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 04:51:24PM -0500, Gary Robinson wrote:
>
> 
> Frank,
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion:
> 
> >> Try replacing your screen section with something like this:
> >> 
> >> Section "Screen"
> >>         Identifier "Screen0"
> >>         Device     "Card0"
> >>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
> >>         DefaultColorDepth 24
> >> 
> >> 
> >>         SubSection "Display"
> >>         Depth       24
> >>         Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "640x480"
> >>         ViewPort    0 0
> >>         EndSubSection
> >> EndSection
> 
> I did that, and unfortunately it made no difference at all! I'm still 
> only seeing 640x480, and that's the only option that comes up in the 
> Screen Resolution Preferences panel. Actually the thing that bothers me 
> more is the 60 hz refresh rate. That's too slow and hurts my eyes!
> 
> Any other suggestions???
> 

Gary,

All I can think of (being unfamiliar with Gnome) is that the graphics
card isn't up to displaying 1280x1024 at 24 bits. Or you haven't copied
xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it's picking up a stale
xorg.conf.

Try changing the following parameters:

         DefaultColorDepth 8
	 Depth		8
	 Modes		"1024x768"

in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart X/Gnome. If it works then add higher
resolutions and colour depths until you achieve a satisfactory result.

You can also try starting X bare:

Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Ctl+Alt+Backspace to kill it. That will determine whether it's an X
problem or a Gnome problem.


-- 

 Frank 


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