On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 12:37:47AM -0800, wah wrote:
> On 13 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
> > You may have to change the default resolution for the Xserver. First
> > off, when you are in X, try pressing <ctrl>-<alt>-+ or
> > <ctrl>-<alt>--.
>
> This doesn't work
>
> > This should change the resolution, if the problem is
> > what I think it is. If it changes, then you'll have to edit
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config file so that it starts at the higher resolutions.
>
> How do I change the resolution???
You'll have to look at the "Screen" sections of your /etc/X11/XF86Config
file.
While you're at it, try the following:
Launch X saving output to file:
startx -- 1>startx.log 2>&1 &
You should get a section of this file looking vaguely like:
(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G200 AGP rev 1, Memory @ 0xf4000000, 0xfe000000,
MMIO @ 0xfeafc000
(--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xF4000000
(--) SVGA: MMIO registers at 0xFEAFC000
(--) SVGA: Video BIOS info block at 0x000c7540
(--) SVGA: Found and verified enhanced Video BIOS info block
(--) SVGA: detected an SDRAM card
(--) SVGA: chipset: mgag200
(**) SVGA: videoram: 8192k
(**) SVGA: Option "dac_8_bit"
(**) SVGA: Using 32 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight: 888
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 250.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024": mode clock = 135.000
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1280x1024
...though your driver and settings may vary. The key line is "Mode",
which gives your resolution and mode clock. For some systems you'll
also get a series of lines giving rejected resolutions and reasons why.
Post this if you can't work out the problem from it.
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