scooterdman Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) I just installed Mandriva One on my Intel iMac Core Duo via Parallels. It seems super fast, but my screen is stuck at 800 X 600, and it will not let me change it. Any ideas how I fix this? I have the 17 inch iMac. Edited April 20, 2007 by scooterdman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterdman Posted April 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhn Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Which kind of graphics does it have? ATI, nvidia, intel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterdman Posted April 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 ATI Radeon X1600: Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1600 Type: Display Bus: PCIe VRAM (Total): 128 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x71c5 Revision ID: 0x0000 EFI Driver Version: 01.00.068 Displays: iMac: Display Type: LCD Resolution: 1440 x 900 Depth: 32-bit Color Built-In: Yes Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Can you post the useful parts of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? It's long, so cutout unneded info (mouse, keyboard etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterdman Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Can you post the useful parts of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?It's long, so cutout unneded info (mouse, keyboard etc) I'd love to, but I'm sort of new to this Linux thing. Is there a terminal command I need to input to spit this information out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 You don't need a terminal. Press alt+F2, type in "kwrite" (you could also load any text editor, like kate, kedit, and so it goes) and then open/point to the file. remove all unneeded parts from the configuration file, select the rest of the text with ctr+c and paste it to your browser with ctrl+v Don't worry, since you run kwrite as normal user you cannot actually change that file, so there's no danger to screw it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterdman Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 That was fairly painless. I assume this is the pertinent information? Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "Flat Panel 1440x900" HorizSync 31.5-90 VertRefresh 60 # 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 Now this is starting to make sense to me. I installed Ubuntu on a Old World Apple Powerbook a few months ago, and was having a similar problem. The solution was to modify the xorg.conf file. I had to change the HorizSync and the VertRefresh. Same issue here? Do you know what I should change it to? And also, how do I change it through Terminal. I forget how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 The information above is about your monitor, which is semi-useful. Search into the aforementioned file ( xorg.conf ) for a part starting with Section "Screen" and paste here all the contents down to the EndSection line. Post as well a part of it which begins with Section "Device" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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