Resolution questions

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: Resolution questions
started by: Joat_Mone

Posted by Joat_Mone on Aug. 23 2005,23:52

I'm getting confused. My .xserverrc says "-screen 1024x768x32", so I assume that is the resolution. The lilo.conf says "vga=791", once again should be the high resolution. Here's the problem. When I make an Icon, the highest coordinates are 800x600. When I make a new image under Xpaint, and put the size at 800x600, it appears to be the size of the screen (give or take, but definately not 1024x768).

So... What is it, and how do I make it what I want?

BTW I'm using a Compaq Armada E500 and a HD Install.

Thanks

Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 24 2005,01:35

The command xres or xresolution would typically return the resolution, but i don't see it in DSL.

xsetup.sh will allow you to set the resolution.

Posted by Joat_Mone on Aug. 24 2005,01:41

Even when I set the resolution using xsetup.sh, it still acts like it is in 800x600. I havent tried if I go lower resolution.

Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 24 2005,01:57

What X server are you using?

Posted by Joat_Mone on Aug. 24 2005,02:02

Lower seems to work, it just wont go higher. I'm assuming the highest it will go is 800x600 (reasonable considering the vintage). If that is the case, why does it say it goes up to 1024x768?

I'm using the default X server. How would I know the specifics?

Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 24 2005,02:16

now i don't know what the problem might be...maybe the monitor just refuses to go higher than 800x600, but i would have thought it would not display much at all in that case. sorry i'm stumped.

Posted by Joat_Mone on Aug. 24 2005,02:25

I'm with you thinking it wont go higher. If anyone else has a suggestion, I'm all ears. Thanks for all your help mikshaw.

Posted by _pathos on Aug. 26 2005,01:43

How high can your resolution go in 24bit/32bit colour in OS's?

Posted by skaos on Aug. 26 2005,09:53

Xvesa requires a vesa 2.0 compliant graphics card and it may be that you card doesn't support vesa 2.0 modes above 800x600. You can check this by running "Xvesa -listmodes" (without quotes) in an X-term. If it doesn't, you probably have to install the XFree mydsl package.

Posted by Joat_Mone on Aug. 26 2005,23:12

Woohoo, skaos, you have the answer. Not particularly the answer I wanted, but THE answer none the less. I ran the command, and none of the listings were more than 800x600. (but hey, it looks like I can go 640x200 monochrome....) This is a laptop so it has its limitations. Why would it accept the higher resolution, and say it is there, if it wont go that far?
It looks like I have to play around with the XFree package.