Forcing a screen resolution

[Alexander Apprich]

Hi Chris,

Chris Morrison wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have just installed Fedora Core 3 on my new AMD64 laptop, all has gone
> well.
> 
> My laptop is a 17" widescreen model with ATI Radeon 9700 Graphics. The
> max screen resolution is 1440x900.
> 
> Fedora has correctly identified and set up my graphics card, and I have
> configured the monitor type to 1440x900 TFT.
> 
> However, when I go to set the screen resolution in System Settings->
> Display, 1440x900 is NOT displayed as one of the available resolutions.
> I am using GNOME as my desktop.
> 
> Is there a configuration file I can tweak to make this an available
> resolution, or to make this the screen res.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 

edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device     "Videocard0"
         Monitor    "Monitor0"
         DefaultDepth     24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     16
                 Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     24
                 Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
EndSection

in the Line "Modes" put your 1440x900 in the first position. The restart
your X-Server. Worked for me all the time.

> 
> Regards,
> 

Alex

> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> PS: On the subject of Laptops, does anyone know of a GNOME applet to
> display the battery level?
> 

Click with the right mouse button on your taskbar, select "Add to panel"
and then select the "Battery charge monitor"