Resolution problems

[transkei]

hi

I have a problem changing resolution from 640x480. Info button on the screen says that this is the input resolution even though I set it to 1280x1024 in setup. I try to change it manually with an editor but it does not work.

When I type 'xorgconfig' Linux does not recognize the command. When I type the same in slackware it starts the configuration program and there somewhere along the line I get a question not unlike this: "do you want the desktop to extend the borders of the screen?" I type no and the desktop is well inside the screens borders. Is there anyway to do this resizing in FC2?

ddcprobe does not find my monitor. Setup gives something like this:" bogus numbers". Anconda recognizes the monitor as L550.

I have monitor Eizo L550
MSI K7n2g
ATI Radeon7000

Any ideas?

T.S.

[BloodyBullet]

hi

I have a problem changing resolution from 640x480. Info button on the screen says that this is the input resolution even though I set it to 1280x1024 in setup. I try to change it manually with an editor but it does not work.

When I type 'xorgconfig' Linux does not recognize the command. When I type the same in slackware it starts the configuration program and there somewhere along the line I get a question not unlike this: "do you want the desktop to extend the borders of the screen?" I type no and the desktop is well inside the screens borders. Is there anyway to do this resizing in FC2?

ddcprobe does not find my monitor. Setup gives something like this:" bogus numbers". Anconda recognizes the monitor as L550.

I have monitor Eizo L550
MSI K7n2g
ATI Radeon7000

Any ideas?

T.S.
Type mcedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf in terminal.
Midnight Commander required.

[imdeemvp]

go to redhat menu to >Preferences >Resolutions and see if you can change your settings there 99% works :D

[BloodyBullet]

go to redhat menu to >Preferences >Resolutions and see if you can change your settings there 99% works :D
I think he should learn how to manage config-files not: "Click here, than here and now on the "OK"-button".
Thats more efficient to understand how to use linux.

[imdeemvp]

I think he should learn how to manage config-files not: "Click here, than here and now on the "OK"-button".
Thats more efficient to understand how to use linux.


what is your issue? this could be a new person using fedora .....did you think of that? i am not giving you lessons in how to use linux....keep your lessons to yourself!

[crackers]

imdeemvp - chill out. Best intentions and all that.

BloodyBullet - most folks asking questions here do not want to "learn how to manage config-files." They want to use the computer, and they're willing to try something different from Windows. Managing system settings through the GUI interfaces is actually more efficient for them (not to mention easier to walk someone through), since the work of figuring out what those config settings are (not to mention where they are) has already been done. Hand-editing config files is not recommended for people new to Linux - that wil have a tendency to drive them away from it, instead of giving them the chance to see and use something different.

Linux is not just for geeks anymore.

[imdeemvp]

thanks crackers and i apoligize.....but it just gets under my skin that some one pretends that every one that comes into this forum is already linux-learned and most of the post are from our new linux user and i dont want them to go away...or scare them with command here, command there...

i was a newbie once and i am still learning....and i also want some one else to learn the graphical mode of linux before they play with the text mode...

[transkei]

thanks for the help guys.

I am new to linux and I want to learn it. I tried the easy way first from the menu, but that did not help me very much so I had to try to figure out how to do it manually, and learned alot from that as well.

I do not want to learn linux inside-out, just the basics, but I do like the idea of an operating system run from a command prompt. And when things go wrong it is nice to know how to fix it and understand what you are doing as well.

But first I must be able to see what I am doing and to get the most out of my newly bought monitor. 'xorg.conf' is not recognized by FC2, at least not on my computer. It all works fine on a CRT monitor by the way. I do not know if the commands work with a CRT because then it works from the menu:)

Hope you understand my english...

I tried to edit the xorg.conf file with gedit. Will it help to use another editor?

T.S.

[crackers]

Before editing any configuration file (which you must be the "root" user to do, by the way), make a backup first! This way you can get back to a mostly-working state when you mess something up. I've been doing this a long time and that particular practice has saved my rear-end many a time...

'xorg.conf' is not recognized by FC2, at least not on my computer
I'm afraid I don't understand this statement. Could you re-phrase?

If need be, you can generate a new xorg.conf file that will try to autodetect the connected monitor, etc. Open a console (CTRL+ALT+F1), and login as "root." Then do this (the '#' is the prompt):

# init 3
[several messages appear and the GUI is shutdown]
# xorg -configure
[X tries to probe and detect cards, peripherals and monitors]

If it's successful, follow the instructions to "test" the configuration. Use the CTRL+ALT+F1 to get back to the console and CTRL+C to "kill" X. Tweak that copy of xorg.conf until you're happy with the results, testing each time. Make a backup copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf somewhere safe, and copy the one you just tweaked over the original. Type "init 5" and you should be ready to roll...

[transkei]

thank you for the tips

what I meant by typing 'xorg.conf' was that it is not recognized as a command. I was told to write that by someone. If I type 'xorg -configure' it says: "xorg command not found".

I have tried a lot of commands like 'xorgconfig' and variations of it until this command helped 'setup-config-display'. With that I can configure xorg.conf file manually. When it probes for the monitor it Recognizes my Radeon7000 but not my monitor. "**ddcprobe returned bogues values" is the message for the monitor.

I have played around with the xorg.conf file with values given by the vendor and probed by knoppix(allmost the same) but nothing changes...

T.S.