On Sat, 01 Jan 2000, Dave Gunter wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am new to the list. I to am having the same problem with Madrake, I had
> succes with Winlinux2000, but not with Mandrake.
>
You can go in and manually edit the resolution, but you need to make
sure that your monitor can handle any resolution you specify. Here's
how -- Below is a copy of a section of my XF86Config:
Driver "svga"
# Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
#Device "Generic VGA"
Device "S3 Virge / GX"
Monitor "CTX-1565D"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
# Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
# Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
EndSubsection
=====
Now, notice the "modes" line? Edit this line to show any resolution
you like. However, it would be MUCH better if you use one of the
configuration programs rather than editing it by hand. Also, you
should have a "depth" subsection for 16, 24 and 32-bit modes as well
as 8-bit.
I would recommend that you reboot the system, and type "linux 3" at
the prompt. Then, log in as "root" when you get the prompt. Then,
type "xf86setup" (minus quotes on all of these) and re-select your
resolution and such. There's also a way to specify 8, 16, 24 or
32-bit as the default startup depth, however, I'm not sure how to do
that, so I boot to console mode and have an alias defined which
starts up X at 16-bits when I type "sx" (the alias for: startx --
-bpp 16)
I would recommend you go view the archives as I know it's been
discussed several times how to set X to boot to a particular color
depth when booting directly to X.
Good luck!
John
