On Saturday 04 January 2003 05:46 pm, brak23 wrote: > On Saturday 04 January 2003 02:56 pm, brak23 wrote: > > I have Mandrake 9.0 and problems with resolution :-P. Actualy it is > > 800x600 > > > but i want 1024x768. I tried to change it in Gnome Control Panel with no > > effects (it returns to 800x600). I have GF4Ti (but drivers for GeForce1 > > not > > > generic, because it doesn work when i set it to GF4 generic - i don't > > know why), monitor samtron which does 100Hz in 1024x768, so what should i > > do ?? is it caused by drivers ?? raq > > I had the same problem. What I found out is that some of the PNP monitors > do not respond correctly when interrogated by the OS. When you set the > resolution to 1024X768 the monitor will incorrectly tell the OS that it > cannot do that resolution and the OS will default back to 800X600. Anyway.. > this is the problem that I had with my monitor. > So, goto Mandrake Control Center -> Hardware -> Monitor, > and select a generic monitor resolution that is compatible with your > monitor. > (You may need the monitor specs to do this.) Then you can go to the > Resolution setting (same place) and select the higher resolution that you > want. > Hope this helps -- It fixed my problem. > David > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ------ > > OK but how to change it if Xwindow doesn't work ?? > how to change it in console ?? in console, as root, without the quotes, noting the caps, type XFdrake remember, one can easily fry (more like a single POP) a good monitor (in Linux more than windows,,, welcome to choice = responsibility) by choosing monitor specs that the video card can do, that the monitor can not.
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