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Re: Configuring the resolution



Oded:

Thanks for the reply.

> I think all of you missed the point completly , or assumed he already did
> it ( though from the quote above I don't think he did) - he didn't choose
> screen resolutions for X, so ofcourse he can only do 640x480 . 
> Usually I'd call it safe to assume that you know how to do this, but
> lately I've been getting calls about things similar to this. if you did
> choose display modes, then I'm sorry - I didn't mean any disrepsect  :-)

I didn't choose the screen resolutions for X.  My knowledge of Linux is not
so great that you need to apologize 8-).

> using XConfigurator there's a list of resolutions and color depths where
> you mark with an x what you want to be able to do. 

I know this was the case when I initially installed Linux, but when I do
Xconfigurator from the prompt, this does not come up as an option.

as I've seen so far,
> any corolation between what you chose and what you really get is purely
> coincidental :-) . try XF86Setup and under 'modeselection' click every
> resolution that you want to be able to do with your screen , and then
> click a color depth that you know you video card is able to preform at
the
> highest resolution you chose (someone suggested to always pick 8 bit for
> the first time, and I must agree).

I looked for XF86Setup using both find / -name "XF86Setup" -print and find
/mnt/cdrom -name "XF86Setup" -print, where the cdrom was the RedHat 6.0
cdrom.  It didn't show up in either place.  Where can I find it?

Thanks in advance,
Jonathan Daniel
jalexd@escape.com

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