[SWLUG] Screen resolution

[Peter Bradley]

I've also posted this on SuSE Linux-E, so apologies to anyone who is on 
both lists.

I have a problem in that I cannot change the screen resolution to 
anything other than 800 x 600.  This is the spec of my box:
* Compaq Presario SR1879UK
* AMD Athlon 64 x 2 4200+
* 2 Gb SDRAM
* 300Gb SATA HDD
* ATI Radeon X1300 Pro graphics card
* Samsung SyncMaster 710v monitor

In SaX2, Card and Monitor Properties it gives me:
* Card: VESA Framebuffer graphics
* Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 710v/710m Syncmaster Magic CX701BM
* Resolution: 800 x 600
* Colors: 65536 [ 16bit ]

I can change the resolution to anything I like and save the new 
configuration, but when I restart the X Server, to see the changes, the 
setting has returned to 800 x 600.

Is there some way I can change this.

Many thanks.


Peter