Screen Res Change -- How?

HangukMiguk · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject: Screen Res Change -- How?

How do I change my screen res in XFree? I'm completely lost, and I'm getting a crappy 640x480 resolution. bleh...i know my card's more capable than that

Raffi · l33t Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 731 Location: Moscow, Id.

Malakin · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:06 pm Post subject:

The easiest way is if you're using KDE
Control Panel->Peripherals->Display

There are quite a few threads on this topic.

HangukMiguk · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Screen Res Change -- How?

lfkerby · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:16 pm Post subject:

Check out the XFree86 HOWTO at http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO.html.
The information there is a little old, but it should provide everything you need.

If you have set up other resolutions (check your /etc/X11/XF86Config file), you can switch
resolutions while running X by using CTRL-ALT-KP+ and CTRL-ALT-KP-. While this does
work, it usually isn't quite what you want because the window manager is still working as
if the screen was whatever size it started at. What I always do after installing/configuring
X is to edit my config file to have my preferred resolution first in the list of available
resolutions (I also set up a DefaultDepth to be my preferred color mode).

Raffi · l33t Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 731 Location: Moscow, Id.

Malakin · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:44 pm Post subject:

If you're using the nvidia driver you don't need to set HorizSync and VertRefresh, it will automatically grab the settings from your monitor using EDID, this way you can swap monitors and you don't have to worry about adjusting anything.