No resolution change

Drawstop · #1 13th January 2007, 11:52 AM

Have just installed Fedora and am delighted except that it will not let me change the screen resolution. I have tried System>Admistrator>Screen Resolutio but have only the one choice of 800 x 600 and this means I cannot see the lower part of many documents. Can anyone advise, please? Many thanks. Drawstop.

Jman · #2 16th January 2007, 03:23 AM

System > Administration > Display. Perhaps some tweaks to the X server config file via that tool will help.

What video card/monitor?

Drawstop · #3 17th January 2007, 09:38 AM

x Thanks for your help. System>Administration>Display only offers 800x600. PC details are :AMD Athlon 1.93g; Motherboard is Epox EP-8RDA with on-board graphics & sound. Although Fedora is in use (and for this message) it is annoying not to have a better desktop. Any help would be most appreciated. Regard and thanks. Drawstop. (W. Sussex).

tux21 · #4 17th January 2007, 05:29 PM

forget it pal

me too stuck

JN4OldSchool · #5 17th January 2007, 05:38 PM

su
gedit etc/X11/xorg.conf

and add a modes "1280x1024" (or whatever res you want.

Code:

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024"
	EndSubSection