FC2 - Screen Resolution woes!!!

[jludwig]

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 20:52, Srinivas Yalavarthy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>        I've installed FC2 with all the latest updates. Desktop resolution
> is really bugging me. I have ATI RADEON 7200 card and Sun 21"
> monitor which Sony GDM-20E20. Here is the problem...
> 
> In the windows manager I can set my resolution to 1600x1200 at 60. It works
> great. But when I reboot the box both during "start up" and "login screen"
> screen goes blank. Since I set to do "auto login" I do get the desktop but
> at 1152x864. This happens every time. I manually have to change the
> resolution back to 1600x1200. I am lost. Please Help.
> 
> Here is /etc/X11/xorg.conf......
> 
> # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "single head configuration"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
> # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
> # no need to change the default.
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
>         RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>         FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>         Load  "dbe"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "fbdevhw"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "record"
>         Load  "freetype"
>         Load  "type1"
>         Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> #       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> #       Option  "XkbDisable"
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
> # lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> #       Option  "XkbModel"      "pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> #       Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> #       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
> # or:
> #       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
> #       Option  "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
> # control keys, use:
> #       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> #       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
> #
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "keyboard"
>         Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "Sony GDM-20SE2T5"
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
>         VertRefresh  48.0 - 160.0
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "radeon"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "ATI Radeon 7200"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>         Group        0
>         Mode         0666
> EndSection
What I don't see here is the amount of video memory available. If the
window manager decides you don't have enough it will drop to a lower
resolution.

I would try setting for 16 bit DefaultDepth color setting.
-- 
jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>