XFree 4 has lost resolution

[Michael Hipp]

Mine does. Are you sure you're looking at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ?

Section "Monitor"
     	Identifier "Generic Monitor"
     	VendorName "Typical Monitors"
     	ModelName "1280x1024, 60Hz"
	DisplaySize 326 260
     	HorizSync 30-97
     	VertRefresh 50-180
     	ModeLine "1280x1024/85Hz" 157.5  1280 1352 1512 1728  1024 1025 1028 
1072 +HSync +VSync
     	ModeLine "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
EndSection


Section "Screen"
     Identifier  "Screen0"
     Device	"Card0"
     Monitor	"Generic Monitor"
     DefaultDepth 16
     Subsection "Display"
	Depth	    32
	Modes "1280x1024/85Hz" "640x480"
       	        Virtual 0 0
     EndSubsection
     Subsection "Display"
         Depth	    24
         Modes "1280x1024/85Hz" "640x480"
                 Virtual 0 0
     EndSubsection
     Subsection "Display"
         Depth	    8
         Modes "1280x1024/85Hz" "640x480"
                 Virtual 0 0
     EndSubsection
     Subsection "Display"
         Depth	    16
         Modes "1280x1024/85Hz" "640x480"
                 Virtual 0 0
     EndSubsection
EndSection

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I'm in the process of upgrading my RedHat 7.1 system to 7.3.
> This has a new X server major release, I understand.
> 
> This has not been good news for me.  Under 7.1, my monitor
> ran comfortably at 1280x1024 resolution.  Under the new
> X (4.0 something, I think), it recognized the monitor okay,
> accepted my inputs about horizontal and vertical speeds,
> and refuses to go over 1024x768.
> 
> I want that screen real estate back!  I notice that the
> new XF86Config file does not have those pesky Modeline's
> in it.  I wonder what else could be messed up?
> 
> ++ kevin
> 
>