[sclug] Gnomes screen resolution

[Luke Hinds]

On 5/11/05, Will Dickson <wrd at glaurung.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Luke Hinds wrote:
> > Hi *,
> >
> > I can't get the resolution on Gnome to increase beyond 1024x768 - This
> > is using Gnomes own 'screen resolution' application. I don't confess
> > to be much of an expect on X, and after google bashing for a while i
> > figured i would ask you guys and girls. I would at least like to get
> > up to 1280x800.
> 
> Widescreen monitor, eh? :-)
> 
> Not my area of expertise, but it looks to me as though you've defined
> the 2 widescreen modelines in your "Monitor" section, but haven't
> enabled them in your "Screen" section. In section "Screen" where you
> currently have:
> 
>  >         SubSection "Display"
>  >                 Depth           24
>  >                 Modes           "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
>  > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>  >         EndSubSection
> 
> Try instead:
> 
>  >         SubSection "Display"
>  >                 Depth           24
>  >                 Modes           "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800"
> "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>  >         EndSubSection
> 
> <ObCYA> NOTE: usual caveats apply. Don't mess with your X config while
> you're using graphical login. Getting this wrong used to be able to blow
> up your monitor, and may still be. Use at your own risk. Shares may go
> up as well as down. </ObCYA>

I did suggest that i am no way an expert - although not having a clue
would have been more apt :)

I am very far from a widescreen (17inch crt). It was a rather silly
o'clock attempt to gnudge gnome into stepping up more then 1024x768.

Seems that no matter which way i try (have run dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xfree86 near on 20 times) - gnome just won't budge.