sight4 Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 (edited) I am absolutely new to Mandriva and loaded it up on a computer. When I run the KDE environment I can't get screen resolution any higher than 640 by 480. When I try to use the hardware configuration program "Change screen resolution" or "Configure your monitor" I just get an error message: "This program has exited abnormally". I tried to install a new video driver but that didn't work out either. This computer has an NVIDIA graphics chip set. Edited February 19, 2007 by sight4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sight4 Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 OK, I found a way to deal with this. From the command prompt I used mcc and then selected display. After making the change there and then rebooting I have increased the resolution as I want to. Hope this helps someone else in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 Thanks for reporting back, and welcome to the board. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zibi1981 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 And I have a problem in setting refresh rate of my Sony CPD E-230 to 100 Hz with 1024x768 after I successfully installed ATI Proprietary Driver ver. 8.33.6 on my Radeon X800Pro. After I did some modifications to my xorg.conf the highest setting I have is 1024x768@85 Hz, although there is an option of 100 Hz, but it's not working. Anyone encountered a similar problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 85 is more than good enough for a CRT Monitor. Your eyes will NEVER see the difference between 85 and 100. Chasing 100 will truly be a waste of time and if you do it will be only because you want it to be the max for the sake of being max. A lot of the lower refresh rates is because the developers/programmers know full well from their long experience that the max rates are not necessary for efficiency, and the lower rates are better for monitor reliability and longevity. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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