RE: Screen resolution problem

["Poletti, Don" <don poletti comverse-in com>]

Sunny,

This is not a gnome issue and would probably be more appropriate
on another list.  This is a very common question and I'm sure
there is an answer in A FAQ or a HOW-TO.

There is a gnome solution to make your life easier though. There
is an applet call quick-res (I Think) that will change your resolutions
on the fly. It is not part of the distributions so you'll have
to download it yourself. But I tried it and was not able to get it to work.

The full answer is that you want to modify your XFree86 config
file. I suggest you go to the XFree86 web site and look there
for how to configure your machines.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandeep Hundal [mailto:sandeephundal@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 1:01 PM
> To: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Screen resolution problem
> 
> 
> Hi lists members,
> 
> I have this problem related to a redhat 6.1
> installation we made, along with GNOME, on our
> machine at the office, which duals boots with
> Windows 98.
> 
> The problem is that the desktop resolution is
> very low, as in something like 640x480, even
> though the monitor easily manages 1024*768 on win
> 98. Could someone please tell me how, or where
> the documentation is for changing this resoltion
> ? During the installation, the monitor and
> graphics card was recognised successfully. (FYI,
> these are as follows : Iilyama TXA 3611/3621HT,
> with the graphics adapter as : Prolite 36, Rage
> IIC AGP).
> 
> The small resoltution not only means that colour
> does not render properly on the desktop, but also
> that sometimes the size of screens (e.g.
> linuxconf) is bigger than the size of the desktop
> !
> 
> Any help would appreciated folks.
> 
> Thanks
> Sunny
> 
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