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Article #3921Re: Need help with Linux video setup
From: Sechylmanos
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
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In article <369ADC2D.23B7A965@erols.com>, Tim Reiter <treiter@erols.com> wrote: > Hi. I've just installed Linux (RHL version 5.2) for the first time and > am experiencing > some problems with the video setup in X Windows. For some reason the > screen displays in 640 x 480, although I can scroll around in the > desktop for a much larger area. > > I tried running "xf86config" - the display server was listed as > supporting many screen resolutions larger than 640 x 480. The problem > is I just can't figure out how to access them. > > I also tried using "xvidtune" - I could change just about every aspect > of the video **except** the screen resolution (aargh...). > > Could anyone help? Thanks. Sounds like you have everything setup correctly. Try the key combination "cntrl-alt-+" and that should allow you to switch to a higher resolution. Just seems that you have low resolution and high resolution defined in your XF86Config file. Hope this helps. Sechylmanos
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,32df760844f033f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public From: sechylmanos@hotmail.com (Sechylmanos) Subject: Re: Need help with Linux video setup Date: 1999/01/12 Message-ID: <sechylmanos-1201990026360001@cs2-3.pdx.ipinc.net> X-Deja-AN: 431583893 References: <369ADC2D.23B7A965@erols.com> Mail-Copies-To: never Organization: Rabid Ferrets, Inc. Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux