On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 03:54:32PM -0500, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 01/27/2013 01:57 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >xrandr -q > > No that just shows the same thing, the equipment is rated much higher. > > [root@Box9 xorg.conf.d]# xrandr -q > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 > DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis > y axis) 0mm x 0mm > 1024x768 60.0* > 800x600 60.3 56.2 > 848x480 60.0 > 640x480 59.9 > > And I have had no success with the commands to change it like: > > $xrandr --output LVGA --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60 > > Which just gets a help screen, obviously I'm doing something wrong > out of ignorance. > No I think you are doing things properly, if Fedora cannot detect the correct modes for the monitor (as shown by the output) then xrandr will not help. I would look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues. If you are using KVM switches, that might also be a reason. Here is an excerpt from my Xorg.0.log on my ThinkPad to give you an idea: intel(0): EDID for output LVDS1 intel(0): Manufacturer: LEN Model: 4011 Serial#: 0 intel(0): Year: 2009 Week: 0 intel(0): EDID Version: 1.3 [...] intel(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS1 intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x60.0 69.30 1280 1304 1336 1408 800 804 808 820 +hsync +vsync (49.2 kHz eP) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x50.1 57.79 1280 1304 1336 1408 800 804 808 820 +hsync +vsync (41.0 kHz e) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz d) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz d) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz d) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz d) [...] Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
