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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 21:12:08 +0000 (GMT)
From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
To: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net>
Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>,
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Subject: Re: Cannot change X screen resolution [tcsh?]
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Yes, this did the trick!
My DefaultDepth is 24 and I just set
            SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes     "1024x768"
                Modes     "800x600"
                Modes     "640x480"
            EndSubSection


Thanks a lot!


Uli.




On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Bob Giesen wrote:

> > Last week I installed the latest XFree86-4 port and since then I
> > cannot "Zoom" with
> > <ctrl> + <alt> + <keypad +>  and
> > <ctrl> + <alt> + <keypad ->
> > anymore...
> > I also tried to enter something like
> > ModeLine "800x600" ...
> > into XF86Conf but it stays with default 1024x768

>    If you're looking at the right file (fwiw, on my 4.1.0 system,
> it's /etc/X11/XF86Config), look for Section "Screen" (prob. at the
> end of the file).  Under that, what is the DefaultDepth value?  If
> it's 24, e.g., look now for the SubSection "Display" that has the
> Depth 24 line.  In that subsection, there should be a "Modes" line
> with one or more resolutions listed.  The first resolution shown is
> the one that XF86 will (as I understand it) use for your default
> resolution.
>    If there's only one resolution listed for your default color
> depth, that would seem to explain why the server won't switch
> resolutions.  (There are certainly other possibilities, but I can
> only venture guesses at those.)  If so, you can safely either
> (A) switch your DefaultDepth to match the Display Subsection
>     with 800x600 as the first mode (if such one exists) or
> (B) change the resolution from 1024x768 to 800x600 in the
>     subsection that matches your DefaultDepth.  (NOTE: be
>     sure that you have a corresponding ModeLine that won't
>     smoke your monitor.  I found the following useful:
>     http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines)
>
>    If you still can't get it going, you might consider sending your
> XF86Config file and/or checking for an XFree86 list for help.
>    I don't have the beginning of this thread, anymore, so I'm
> wondering if your graphics card was detected properly in
> configuration and/or if you're sure you're using the correct driver.
> (Prior disclaimer towards the obvious still applies... :-) )
>    Hth.
> Bob
>
> --
> "I hate quotations." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
>

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