The resolution/colour depth is controlled by the stanzas in XF86Config-4 for 'Subsection Display' You can only use the resolutions declared here.
If you put in more stanzas be careful not to overdrive your monitor or else it may be damaged if the scan rate is too high. You can read all about configuring your X environment at http://www.xfree86.org/ derek On Thursday 11 April 2002 10:38 am, Mads Paulin wrote: > I think that the detected amount of video RAM is used to detect which > colordepths are available at a given screen resolution. My problem is > that i want my monitor at a resolution of 1280x1024 at 24 bpp in approx. > 75 Hz. I cant get all three things in linux although I can i Windows. > > Everytime i change the resolution-box in drakconf to 1280x1024 the depth > automatically changes to 16bpp. I figured that this had something to do > with the wrong amount of video RAM. > > Mads > > On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 11:09, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Thursday 11 April 2002 9:40 am, Mads Paulin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I just installed Mandrak 8.2. > > > > > > I have tried to change the resolution of the screen, but drakeconf > > > detects a TNT2 card with 4 mb RAM. the card type is correct but the > > > amount of ram should be 32. > > > > > > Also, it detects the card as a pci card. This hsould be agp. > > > > > > I am running XFree 4.2 > > > > > > Any suggestions to how to get this right ? > > > > > > Best Regards > > > Mads > > > > Not sure if the RAM displayed actually means anything. But in any case > > you can change it if you wish by editing /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 In the > > stanza where your video card is defined you will see a line about RAM > > (probably commented out) > > > > As for it being shown as PCI. Do not worry. This is normal. AGP cards are > > PCI as well as AGP. It will be working as AGP as you will see if you look > > at /var/log/XFree86.0.log > > > > derek > > > > ---- > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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