Chance Platt wrote: >On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 17:19 +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > >>Hello! >> >>I am using Sarge and my monitor is not giving better resoultion than >>640x480. I have tried all the suggestions given in the on various >>websites and wikis in this regard, but none of them worked. I have an >>IBM E50 monitor and an Intel 845 graphics board. >> >>Thank you, >>Kumar >> >>(P.S. Please CC me your reply, as I am not subscribed to the list) >> >> >> > >As root: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > >This re-prompts you the X server setup you saw when installing. You'll >be able to pick which resolutions you want. I always just select one >resolution -- that way there's no guessing as to what resolution will >come up when X starts. > >chance >
You shouldn't have to guess. Section "Screen", subsections "Display" in your /etc/X11XF86Config-4 file each contain a line "Modes" listing all your resolutions for each colour depth. The first entry in these lines will be the resolution that comes up by default. With a CRT monitor it can be useful to have a few resolutions available. You can also set the default colour depth in the top level part of "Screen" so you don't have to specify it on the command line, eg: DefaultDepth 24 Finally, it's well worth finding the actual nuber of pixels per inch for your monitor and also specifying this in the same section, eg: Option "DPI" "117 x 117" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
