Screen Resolution

[Kam Leo]

On 6/25/06, Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley at pcraft.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi Folks,
>
>     I'm having a bit of a problem with setting X to use a higher
> resolution.  Under Winblows, this monitor, a Viewsonic Graphics Series
> G810, can run 1280x1024 just fine.  But I can't get it to do that under
> X.    I can run system-config-display and set it to 1280x1024 but then
> when I restart X, the screen is all screwed up.  I get horizontal lines
> all over it and you can barely read anything.
>
>     At first I thought maybe it was my refresh rates, but after
> verifying with Viewsonic, they match and are what they should be:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "ViewSonic G810"
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 97.0
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 180.0
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
>
>     As for the video card, it's a:
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "trident"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "Trident Blade3D (generic)"
>         Option      "NoAccel"
> EndSection
>
>     What else should I be looking at to figure out this problem?  I'd
> like to get the monitor running with a higher resolution, at least,
> higher than 1024x768.
>
>     Thanks.
>

You did not specify the amount of graphics memory available. Try using
a lower color depth. Perhaps 256 colors will do the trick.