How to set display resolution

[satimis]

Hi folks,

FC3

I just have a new Philips 190B LCD monitor connected to the box.

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.....
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Rebooted FC3 and login KDE as User.

Right-click on desktop to start "configure - desktop" window
Display --> Size and Orientation --> Screen Size = 1024 x 768 (max)
NOT 1280 x 1024

Please advise how to set it. (the display card can support higher resolution)

TIA

B.R.
satimis

[pparks1]

Open up a terminal and run

system-config-display. You should be able to set your hardware and monitor setup in there and change your resolutions.

[imdeemvp]

GUI also works pretty good for me: http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=52734

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Tks for your advice and link.

I solved the problem by running;
# system-config-display

Before I mistakenly thought just manually editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf as....
Section "Monitor"
.....
ModelName "Philips 190B"
......
Section "Screen"
....
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
.....
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
.....

Gave a hard stroke pressing [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [<-](back delete) will reset the resolution. It can't. Even rebooted won't help.

B.R.
satimis