Jean François Ortolo wrote: > Hi > I've got built an AMD64 2GHz, 1 giga-bytes DDR-RAM 400MHz, an ASUS > A8E-N motherboard, an ASUS GeForce 6200 graphic card, and a LG Flatron > L1730S monitor. All works fine, except that I cannot set the screen > resolution above 800x600 pixels. > > Neither the graphic card nor the monitor were identified during the > install. The default driver vesa was used by the install process. > > Whenever I try to change the screen resolution to 1024x768 in the > "server settings" menu -> "screen resolution" sub-menu from X as root, > the xorg.conf file is being changed accordingly by adding the proper > resolution before the previous one in the Modes lines near the Video > Card item, however this way, when I run startx, the X server runs, then > the virtual screen is much smaller than the entire screen, such that no > button is available on the horizontal menu bar, then I'm obliged to kill > the X server by hitting Ctrl-BackSpace keys. > > Meanwhile, the Horizontal/Vertical refresh rates of the monitor have > been set up properly, according to a web site which gives its > characteristics. I'm pretty sure the characteristics are correct. > > The reason why I get those characteristics from the web site, is I no > longer have the monitor manual, I don't remember where I left it :( > > I've got this problem before installing the nVidia IA32 driver, and > after installing it also. > > It seems this problem is not a driver problem, but might be a simple > configuration problem, but I don't know what to do for solving it. > > I would be fully recognizing for any advice or suggestion, for I need > to have this resolution set up, and higher resolutions too. The manual for the monitor is available through the LG website, at least if it's model L1730S FH. Check if those values coincide with the ones you're currently using. David
