Changing screen res in Redhat 8.0

[shipdadip]

Yes it is, the LCD's native resolution is 1600x1200, and it's an Nvidia GPU

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cyber Source" <peter at thecybersource.com>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: Changing screen res in Redhat 8.0


> do you know if your hardware is even capable of such resolution?
> On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 22:34, shipdadip wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Using Bluecurve/Gnome in Redhat 8.0.  I have a Dell 8100 and I want to
> > change the screen res to 1600x1200.  In Gnome u can go to system
> > settings/display and change it.  When I go there all the resolutions
> > over 1024x768 are greyed out.  SO I edited my XF86Config file and added
> > 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 and restarted X.  Still coming up in 1024x768
> > and the options are still greyed out.  Can anyone help?
> >
> > PS I changed the res in XF86Config where it says "Supported resolutions"
> > I looked for a setting like "Default Res" or something like that.
> > ANyone have any ideas?
> >
> >
> --
> Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
>


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