Subject: Re: Screen Res
From: Adam Elkins (i-robot@gci.net)
Date: Mon Jul 08 2002 - 23:40:34 AKDT
James Gibson wrote:
>On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Adam Elkins wrote:
>
>
>>Where do I change the Default Screen res.? I looked in XF86Config, but
>>saw nothing about it. My res is silly low, and I can't see a thing.
>>
>>
>
>There isn't a 'default res' option per se. you set it like this (in the
>XF86Config):
>
>Section "Screen"
> DefaultDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> ...
>EndSection
>
>the 'DefaultDepth' does what you'd think. Then XFree will use the screen
>resolutions for that depth in the order they are given in the 'Modes' line
>for that depth. If you have a low res starting up, your Modes line
>probably looks something like this:
>
>Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
>
>This will start it in 640x480 which is not what you want.. rearrange the
>items to look closer to my first example, and make sure to put the mode
>you want to use by default in the front.
>
>--James
>
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Ok, I've got the Samething you have, but a bunch of them. Also, I have
no 'Modes' option.
Can I just add it?
Adam
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