On 04:48 19 Dec 2002, IS Department <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| What program do I run to change my X window settings? I get a fatal error on startx
|and want to see if changing the video card and or monitor settings will help. I can't
|seem to get back to the nice GUI screen
| that I used on the original install. I am running RH 8.0
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I usually configure X by saying, as root:
XFree86 -configure
That will sniff at things and make a template, and recite a command to
test it. Run the test (exit it with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace). If it's good,
copy the template config to:
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Startx will then work again. _Then_ embark on choosing settings.
For example, I tend to want 1600x1200 on my home monitor. The above
exercise actually gets me something more than this, to the point that
the pixels aren't quite sharp anymore. So I tie the display to 1600x1200
as follows. In the "Screen" section at the bottom of the file, set
DefaultDepth to your desired colour model (I use 24 bits myself), then
put specific settings for resolution in the SubSection for that depth.
My config at home thus looks like this:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "XFree86-Configured"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200"
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1600x1200"
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubSection
EndSection
Note the "DefaultDepth 24" added at the top, and the explicit Modes
and Virtual in the corresponding "Depth 24" SubSection near the bottom.
Modes controls the screen physical resolution. You have to set Virtual
to force the server to use the same size logical desktop, otherwise you
end up with an annoying pan and scan effect.
Cheers,
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