James Moberg wrote:
Hi Reuben. I first tried manually changing the files as you mentioned and nothing changed with the resolution. So I ran Xconfigurator and got the resolution to change. When I tried to change the resolution via the keystroke commands nothing changed. So to make a long story short I wanted to just put the settings back to where I thought they were to begin with. I set the dimensions back to 1024x768 but the colors are grainier now and am not sure why. Would you have any idea what setting this would be? Also, when I finish with Xconfigurator it tries to test out the new settings but just turns the screen black. Does it take a while to come back to life or should it be right away?
Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
On Thursday 29 January 2004 01:39 pm, James Moberg wrote:
I am running version 7.3. By "No luck" I mean that when I try to run the programs:
redhat-config-xfree86
redhat-config-xfree86 does not exist in Redhat 7.3 (not until RH 8 or maybe 9). That's why it is important to always include the redhat vesion so that people don't give irrelevant suggestion.
etc/X11/XF86Config
This is not a program, it is a configuration file. Here what you can do (as root):
1. If you have the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, edit that file, otherwise edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config with your favorite editor:
(NOTE: Make backup copy of the file first in case you mess something up)
2. Go to the section Screen, and edit the lines that says Modes, then just add the resolution you want eg: "800x600". Change nothing else.
For example, here is my "Screen" section in file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "DELL P991" DefaultDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection
3. Then restart X. Now, you should be able to increase / decrease resolution with the combination of : control-alt-plus or control-alt-minus key as I mentioned before. X will try to use the highest resolution setting available, so if you only want 800x600, then just remove the rest of the resolution defined in the file.
--- OR : Another way to do it:
1. Login as root and run Xconfigurator (that's exactly the program name, with capital X). Here is the absolute path to the program:
$ which Xconfigurator
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator
It's probably not installed by default, but the RPM is included with the RH 7.3 distro, so you can install the RPM : Xconfigurator-4.10.7-1.rpm
2. Then just follow the on screen instruction, and when you get to the section of selecting resolution, select the resolution you want, including 800x600.
3. Restart X and you should be good to go (again, you can increase / decrease resolution as long you've specified them).
Hope that helps.
RDB
It just says that the command is not found. The permissions are set correctly too.
Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
On Thursday 29 January 2004 12:22 pm, James Moberg wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I think I need a little more help though. I am
trying to run these and having no luck. Even logged in as root.
define "having no luck"
What version of RH are you running?
If you already set it up, you can just press "Ctrl+Alt+-" ( pressing
control, alt, and minus key at that same time). Try that anyway, it's
harmless. To increase screen resolution, use ctrl,alt,plus key instead.
RDB
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