On Friday 13 January 2006 13:04, Brian D. McGrew wrote:
> On a notebook with an ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 M10 I can't seem to get
> more than 800x600 out of the display. With Windows I can get 1280x800
> and 1600x1024. What am I missing? I put in ATI's drivers and still no
> go.
>
> X.Org configuration file attached! What do I need to change to get a
> higher resolution???
>
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> InputDevice "Synaptics" "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>
> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name
> of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is
> normally # no need to change the default.
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> FontPath "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "fbdevhw"
> Load "glx"
> Load "record"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "type1"
> Load "synaptics"
> Load "dri"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> # Option "XkbDisable"
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the #
> lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> # Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> # or:
> # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control
> keys, use:
> # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
> #
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Synaptics"
> Driver "synaptics"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "Unknown monitor"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "radeon"
> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> BoardName "ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 M10"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Group 0
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
>
> -brian
>
> Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx }
> --
>
> > Those of you who think you know it all,
>
> really annoy those of us who do!
Try this:
In the Screen section add the additional modes on the modes lines i.e.
1280x1024 1280x800 etc..
