Re: video modes for X11

1999-09-25 Thread Ernest Johanson
Paul, Your display may be running at a lower pixel depth than you're used to seeing. Check the Screen section of your XF86Config that applies to your x server. If your server recognizes the DefaultColorDepth parameter you can set your default depth that way, otherwise you can use startx -- -bpp

Re: video modes for X11

1999-09-25 Thread Paul Harris
ah yes thanks :) xf86config had the correct modeline already, but it was using the interlace line because it had a higher refresh rate (i guess). just comment out the interface line and everything is sweet :) thanks! Seth R Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Paul, it is likely that your monitor i

Re: video modes for X11

1999-09-25 Thread Seth R Arnold
Paul, it is likely that your monitor is running in interlace mode to get that resolution. I think the right way to fix it is to look up in the manual (or the ini file, if it is legible) the horizontal refresh, verticle refresh, as well as what your video card can do, and using XF86Setup or xf86con