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JHale598
14th January 2009, 05:39 AM
My screen's maximum is 1024 x 768, but im only getting the option for 800 x 600 and its HUGE, and i cant take it! lol

Any help? :)

Wayne
14th January 2009, 05:47 AM
What about more details... You know, stuff like video adaptor and drivers? :)

Wayne

mndar
14th January 2009, 05:48 AM
....and its HUGE, and i cant take it! lol
easy there buddy :-))

On the desktop, Administrator->Preferences
Or you could edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf yourself

JHale598
14th January 2009, 05:55 AM
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE]

is that it? (sorry guys, im brand new to linux and fedora)

Note: im guessing thats it because the other says VGA compatible controller: <- Blank

Wayne
14th January 2009, 05:58 AM
Have you installed any drivers?

http://dnmouse.org/autoten.html

Wayne

JHale598
14th January 2009, 06:02 AM
mm ok, new problem.
Im doing the command line for the website above and its saying my passwords wrong.
Is my root password different than my normal logon password?
its saying su: incorrect password in the terminal

Wayne
14th January 2009, 06:08 AM
root and user passwords are usually different, you should have set the root password up first when installing...

Wayne

JHale598
14th January 2009, 06:09 AM
hmm...ok ill keep trying different variations of my password. thanks for the help so far tho! lol

JHale598
14th January 2009, 06:14 AM
cool, got the p/w deal firgured out and installing drivers now. thanks for the help!

Hlingler
14th January 2009, 07:38 AM
What kind of monitor is that, max 1024x768? I have on-board NV C51 GeForce 6150 LE with 256 MB VRAM and it can get 1600x1440 (with nvidia proprietary driver), but I limit that to 1280x960 to get better performance.

V

canmasagi
14th January 2009, 07:50 AM
I had the same problem as yours. but my friend told me to install something called kmod-nvidia from rpmfusion. And amazing... I have compiz running now and have 1280X1024 screen resolution on my 17" monitor.

Wayne
14th January 2009, 07:55 AM
The link I gave will install a script that will install the kmods for him... as well a lot of other useful stuff :)

Wayne