On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 11:05 -0400, Dylan Semler wrote: > On 9/9/06, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 02:28 +0100, Thufir wrote: > > I'm just starting to research screen resolution. I want to > safely > > increase my screen resolution, but first need to make notes > on how to > > recover, via the fedora rescue CD, in the event things go > wrong. > > > > At this point I'm just thinking aloud, but please do chime > in! :) > > Once again I am confused. The way I change screen resolution > is: > 1. switch to a terminal [crl-alt-F1] > 2. change to init level 3 [ init 3] > 3. Use : system-config-display to change resolution [it will > adjust > xorg.conf] > 4. Change back to init level 5 [init 5] > > The screen resolution options available in system-config-display are > determined by what's in your xorg.conf. If your xorg.conf isn't > properly set up then you won't be able to use that utility to change > to your desired resolution without making some changes to xorg.conf. > > Also, for a one-liner for changing screen resolutions without leaving > x, check out xrandr (which has the same limitation as > system-config-display I mentioned above) > As far as I know the only thing that affects screen resolution that cannot be done with in system-config-display is the video card identification. But as always I am willing to learn something new. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
