screen resolution

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 01:00 -0400, Dylan Semler wrote:
> On 9/9/06, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>         On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 11:05 -0400, Dylan Semler wrote:
>         > On 9/9/06, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>         >         On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 02:28 +0100, Thufir wrote: 
>         >         > I'm just starting to research screen
>         resolution.  I want to
>         >         safely
>         >         > increase my screen resolution, but first need to
>         make notes
>         >         on how to
>         >         > recover, via the fedora rescue CD, in the event
>         things go 
>         >         wrong.
>         >         >
>         >         > At this point I'm just thinking aloud, but please
>         do chime
>         >         in!  :)
>         >
>         >         Once again I am confused. The way I change screen
>         resolution 
>         >         is:
>         >         1. switch to a terminal [crl-alt-F1]
>         >         2. change to init level 3 [ init 3]
>         >         3. Use : system-config-display to change resolution
>         [it will
>         >         adjust 
>         >         xorg.conf]
>         >         4. Change back to init level 5 [init 5]
>         >
>         > The screen resolution options available in
>         system-config-display are
>         > determined by what's in your xorg.conf.  If your xorg.conf
>         isn't
>         > properly set up then you won't be able to use that utility
>         to change
>         > to your desired resolution without making some changes to
>         xorg.conf.
>         >
>         > Also, for a one-liner for changing screen resolutions
>         without leaving 
>         > x, check out xrandr (which has the same limitation as
>         > system-config-display I mentioned above)
>         >
>         As far as I know the only thing that affects screen resolution
>         that
>         cannot be done with in system-config-display is the video
>         card 
>         identification. But as always I am willing to learn something
>         new.
> 
> Well now I'm not sure at all.  I just checked my system-config-display
> and the only resolutions available are 640x480 and 800x600.
> Considering I'm running my laptop screen at 1920x1200 looks like we're
> both wrong.  But i'd put my confidence in what's in the xorg.conf file
> rather than what system-config-display says.
> 
I have seen that behavior. If your video card was correctly determined
then the problem is that you have the wrong display (monitor) chosen.
Did you try to change it in the gui the system-config-display gave you?

-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>