Hello

I want to use Xorg and it works fine except one very nerving problem

I cannot change the resolution of the display from 1600x1200

1. I have an CRT Monitor (no TFT)
2. I created the xorg.conf file with Xorg -config
3. with xorgcfg and xorgconfig

the problem is, the XServer change only the "virtual resolution"
for example: If I change the resolution with ctrl+alt+<num+> or -
the monitor stays in the resolution of 1600x1200 but he only shows a
smaller part of the screen, the rest is black
it behaves like using a low resolution on an TFT monitor

if I add the line
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
to the Display Subsections, it behaves like changing the resolution with
the shortcuts (it stays in 1600x1200 only the screen gets smaller)

Hope somebody can help me!

Norbert


my xorg.conf file
------------------
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 360 270 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "NOK"
ModelName "NOKIA 446PRO"
HorizSync 30.0 - 107.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Radeon R100 QD [Radeon 7200]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSectio
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Norbert Thek enlightened us with:
> I cannot change the resolution of the display from 1600x1200

Here is my "Screen" section, perhaps it's of some use to you:


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "geforce"
Monitor "MegaDrive"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubsection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubsection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Sybren
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No this doesn'T help
I only see less on the monitor
the resolution is still 1600x1200
Sybren Stuvel schrieb:
> Norbert Thek enlightened us with:
>
>>I cannot change the resolution of the display from 1600x1200
>
>
> Here is my "Screen" section, perhaps it's of some use to you:
>
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen 1"
> Device "geforce"
> Monitor "MegaDrive"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200"
> EndSubsection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200"
> EndSubsection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "320x240" "320x200"
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
> Sybren

Norbert Thek wrote:
> I cannot change the resolution of the display from 1600x1200



Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "NOK"
ModelName "NOKIA 446PRO"
HorizSync 30.0 - 107.0
VertRefresh 85.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

I have 1600x1200@85Hz: it needs 107kHz

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "
EndSubSection
EndSection

in Norbert Thek's honest opinion:

> Hello
>
> I want to use Xorg and it works fine except one very nerving problem
>
> I cannot change the resolution of the display from 1600x1200
>
> 1. I have an CRT Monitor (no TFT)
> 2. I created the xorg.conf file with Xorg -config
> 3. with xorgcfg and xorgconfig
>
> the problem is, the XServer change only the "virtual resolution"
> for example: If I change the resolution with ctrl+alt+<num+> or -
> the monitor stays in the resolution of 1600x1200 but he only shows a
> smaller part of the screen, the rest is black
> it behaves like using a low resolution on an TFT monitor
>
> if I add the line
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> to the Display Subsections, it behaves like changing the resolution with
> the shortcuts (it stays in 1600x1200 only the screen gets smaller)
>
> Hope somebody can help me!
>
> Norbert

i had a similar problem, unfortunately i did not signed the solution... but
it seemed to me that it was a problem related to HorizSync and VertRefresh
values in Monitor section... in fact in my case it have always been set to
640x480 and even if i changed resolution it always changed only virtual
resolution.

hope i gave you some useful information...
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