resolution

[skrewball]

i am having weird resolution problems.

mandrake 9.2 picked up and configured my video card properly.

my problem is my resolution is set to 1024x768 but my screen area seems like 620x480. I have tried editing the XF86Config file manually and even set the virtual desktop to 1024x768 but it dosnt seem to change.

any help on this would be greatly appreciated

 

Thanks :D

[johanl]

Hi,

 

Well can you supply us with some more information?

 

- which videocard + how much memory

- which version of XF

- you never had this problem with an older version?

[skrewball]

My video card is Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics controller @ 64mb

xf86 4 i think

ive had this same prob with college linux aswell

[ac_dispatcher]

May want to post your XF86Config-4 file as well.

[johanl]

I don't know College Linux, but have you ever tried an older version of Mandrake?

Also, your videocard is integrated on the motherboard and shares its memory with the RAM?

 

You can also see if your card is supported on the Mandrake site, maybe there are some remarks about it there.

[skrewball]

here is my XF86Config-4 file

 

 

# File generated by XFdrake.

 

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "glx" # 3D layer

Load "dri" # direct rendering

EndSection

 

Section "DRI"

Mode 0666

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "Keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"

Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Dell"

ModelName "Dell E772c"

HorizSync 30.0-70.0

VertRefresh 50.0-160.0

 

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?

# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync

ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

 

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

 

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "Intel Corporation"

BoardName "Intel 845"

Driver "i810"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 16

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

[Leo]

have you tried adding a modeline labelled "1024x768" to you monitor section and then in place of the virtual entry in the Display subsection, adding mode "1024x768"

[skrewball]

thanks for the help i got the resolution problem worked out :)

i got another problem now wich i will create a new thread for