On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 11:51:49PM +0000, Shawn Singh wrote
> My screen resolution is set at 640 x 480...and (as you might
> understand) I'd like to change it.
>
> I've used the docs provided at:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml?style=printable
>
> As my guide but nothing has changed.
>
> This is a copy of my xorg.conf:
[...deletia...]
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24 <<<<< You should be defaulting to
to whatever resolution you've
specified for 24-bit mode
> SubSection "Display" <<<<< Two SubSection "Display" without
> Viewport 0 0 without an EndSubSection between
> SubSection "Display" <<<<< them. Probably throws X for a
> Viewport 0 0 loop trying to parse it, and it
> Depth 1 drops into 640 x 480 "safe mode"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 4
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 8
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 15
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 16
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" <<<< This is what you were expecting
> Viewport 0 0 But due to the error above, X
> EndSubSection doesn't get this far.
> EndSection
You do *NOT* need all possible depths. Here's mine. Modify for your
machine's setup...
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "ATI Rage 128"
Monitor "NEC MultiSync 95"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
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