I'm sorry, but how do I do that? > Florian Burkart wrote: > > Hey everybody, > > > > sorry to be bothering you, but I can't get any further by myself. I have > > been googling on this for a few hours now. > > > > I just installed FC2 (first time with linux) and am trying to get the > > 1680x1050 resolution to work. There are plenty of posts about this, and > they > > all kind of match themselves, so that should be pretty straight forward. > > Here is what i put into my xorg.conf: > > > > ====================== > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > Identifier "Default Layout" > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Videocard0" > > Monitor "dell-i8600" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > Subsection "Display" > > Depth 8 > > Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800" > > ViewPort 0 0 > > EndSubsection > > Subsection "Display" > > Depth 16 > > Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800" > > ViewPort 0 0 > > EndSubsection > > Subsection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800" > > ViewPort 0 0 > > EndSubsection > > EndSection > > > > > > Section "Device" (I installed the NVidia drivers as well, logo showing > up, > > so it should be ok...) > > Identifier "Videocard0" > > Driver "nvidia" > > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > > BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Modes" > > Identifier "16:10" > > Modeline "1280x800" 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835 > > Modeline "1280x800" 123.38 1280 1368 1504 1728 800 801 804 840 > > Modeline "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 > > Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 > > Modeline "1680x1050" 188.07 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1096 > > Modeline "1680x1050" 214.51 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1103 > > Modeline "1680x1050" 256.20 1680 1808 1992 2304 1050 1051 1054 1112 > > EndSection > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "dell-i8600" > > HorizSync 31.5-100 > > VertRefresh 30-90 > > UseModes "16:10" > > EndSection > > > > ... (other stuff) > > > > ============================= > > > > Now, whatever I do, I can only get 1280x800 to work: > > - I removed all the 1680x1050 entries -> worked. > > - I removed all the 1280x800 entries -> either very low standard vesa > > resolution or hang itself up. > > - Although man xorg.conf says that the order is determined in subsection > > display I switched the order of the two in "Modes" -> nothing happens > > > > Haven't found anyone else with that problem, and it seems to work for a > lot > > of people, so I am quite confused... > > > > Could someone help me out on this one please? > > > > And while you are it, maybe a short question by the side: how does one > > switch resolutions? System settings -> Display shows absolutely wrong > > monitor with wrong resolutions and if I choose something it screws > xorg.conf > > up. So I guess if one configures xorg.conf, the System settings -> > Display > > option can't be used anymore, right? So the answer would be to switch > some > > order in the xorg.conf? Thanks... > > Have you looked at the logs to see why the 1600 mode doesn't work? Most > often it's a lack of video RAM (too high a resolution with too much > depth). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > - - > - ...Had this been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror - > - and you'd be on your own, pal! - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- NEU: WLAN-Router für 0,- EUR* - auch für DSL-Wechsler! GMX DSL = supergünstig & kabellos http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl
