 | | | Screen resolution. | Screen resolution. 2004-02-06 - By James Moberg
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Here 's an update on this. I figured out why the colors looked
grainier. I had not told Xconfigurator the monitor type and amount of
memory the video card has. That fixed this problem. I still can 't use
the keyboard to switch to different resolutions. In Xconfigurator I did
select multiple resoutions. I guess I will look at the README file and
see that that can tell me. Again, any suggestions will be greatly
appreciated.
James Moberg wrote:
> Hi Reuben. I first tried manually changing the files as you mentioned
> and nothing changed with the resolution. So I ran Xconfigurator and
> got the resolution to change. When I tried to change the resolution
> via the keystroke commands nothing changed. So to make a long story
> short I wanted to just put the settings back to where I thought they
> were to begin with. I set the dimensions back to 1024x768 but the
> colors are grainier now and am not sure why. Would you have any idea
> what setting this would be? Also, when I finish with Xconfigurator it
> tries to test out the new settings but just turns the screen black.
> Does it take a while to come back to life or should it be right away?
>
> Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 29 January 2004 01:39 pm, James Moberg wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I am running version 7.3. By "No luck " I mean that when I try to run
> > > the programs:
> > >
> > > redhat-config-xfree86
> > >
> >
> >
> > redhat-config-xfree86 does not exist in Redhat 7.3 (not until RH 8 or
> > maybe 9). That 's why it is important to always include the redhat
> > vesion so that people don 't give irrelevant suggestion.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > etc/X11/XF86Config
> > >
> >
> >
> > This is not a program, it is a configuration file. Here what you can
> > do (as root):
> > 1. If you have the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, edit that file,
> > otherwise edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config with your favorite editor:
> > (NOTE: Make backup copy of the file first in case you mess something up)
> >
> > 2. Go to the section Screen, and edit the lines that says Modes, then
> > just add the resolution you want eg: "800x600 ". Change nothing else.
> > For example, here is my "Screen " section in file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >
> > Section "Screen "
> > Identifier "Screen0 "
> > Device "My Video Card "
> > Monitor "DELL P991 "
> > DefaultDepth 16
> > Subsection "Display "
> > Depth 16
> > Modes "1400x1050 " "1280x1024 " "1152x864 " "1024x768 "
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> > 3. Then restart X. Now, you should be able to increase / decrease
> > resolution with the combination of : control-alt-plus or
> > control-alt-minus key as I mentioned before. X will try to use the
> > highest resolution setting available, so if you only want 800x600,
> > then just remove the rest of the resolution defined in the file.
> >
> > --- OR : Another way to do it:
> >
> > 1. Login as root and run Xconfigurator (that 's exactly the program
> > name, with capital X). Here is the absolute path to the program:
> > $ which Xconfigurator
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator
> >
> > It 's probably not installed by default, but the RPM is included with
> > the RH 7.3 distro, so you can install the RPM :
> > Xconfigurator-4.10.7-1.rpm
> >
> > 2. Then just follow the on screen instruction, and when you get to
> > the section of selecting resolution, select the resolution you want,
> > including 800x600.
> > 3. Restart X and you should be good to go (again, you can increase /
> > decrease resolution as long you 've specified them).
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > RDB
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > It just says that the command is not found. The permissions are set
> > > correctly too.
> > >
> > > Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Thursday 29 January 2004 12:22 pm, James Moberg wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the reply. I think I need a little more help though.
> > > > > I am
> > > > > trying to run these and having no luck. Even logged in as root.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > define "having no luck "
> > > >
> > > > What version of RH are you running?
> > > > If you already set it up, you can just press "Ctrl+Alt+- " ( pressing
> > > > control, alt, and minus key at that same time). Try that anyway, it 's
> > > > harmless. To increase screen resolution, use ctrl,alt,plus key
> > > > instead.
> > > >
> > > > RDB
> > > >
> > > > <snip >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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