On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 07:00, Daniel Mazzucco wrote: > Hello, > > My problem is that I only can get a resolution of 640x480, but both my card > and my monitor supports 800x600 mode. > > I have a Samtron SC-428VS (E) monitor, and my card is a PCI Trident > TGUI9440. I've recently installed Slackware 8 - but with Mandrake 8.0 I had > the same problem- > > This monitor is not in a data base list where I can choose it, and I think > it is a very important pert of the problem.
I've found that a monitor is basically a monitor so I don't think this is the major problem. > > The clues I have I get they from X -probeonly, and the messages are: > > Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range) > Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock / interlace / doublescan) The X -probeonly should also tell you what different vertical refresh rates your card supports. Play around with the different settings as long as they fall within the range of those supported by your monitor. I had a very similar problem to yours and I was able to fix it using this method. Stephen > > Do you know what can I do? Can you help me? I want to use some apps in > graphic mode, but in a 640x480 I have very large icons. > > Thank for your help. > > Daniel Mazzucco. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
