Ed McCanless skrev: >>> >>>> I installed the 8.42 drivers, but it gave me a desktop resolution of >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the highest resolution my 19 inch Hansol CRT monitor >>>> supports). After some hassle (see my previous post) I got the ATI >>>> control panel working, enabling me to switch resolution to the less >>>> eye-straining [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> However, the system doesn't remember the settings - the next time I log >>>> on, the resolution is once again 1792x1344. >>>> >>> Did you try modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf >>> >> Yes, that's the first thing I did - made a backup copy of the xorg.conf >> file, and modify it. Oddly enough, the 1792x1344 resolution isn't even >> listed in my xorg.conf file. >> I removed the entire 1600x1200 entry from xorg.conf (leaving 1280x1024 >> as the highest resolution), but it didn't change anything. Resolution >> was still maxed out at 1792x1344 the next time I turned on my computer. >> > I am working on a problem similar to yours. (See [opensuse] Can't set > resolution after NVIDIA graphics card installation.) > I have searched for several hours, and found a number of occurrences of > the same problem since June of 2007, but no solutions that work. > I tried as root: > nvidia-xconfig > nvidia-settings > and I tried to configure from Yast>hardware>graphics card and monitor. > All I have found is that sax makes the decision and doesn't allow me to > change it, even though it is wrong. > It seems there should be some way to manually change the xorg.config > file, but I can't find it. If I understand your post correctly, you were > either unable to edit the file or the edit was ignored. Is this correct? > The same solution should work for both of us even though we are using > different graphics cards. >
Correct, I was able to edit the xorg.conf file, and I did, but it had no apparent effect. It seems the configuration data is stored elsewhere. Regards, Magnar -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
