Toshiba Tecra 8000 - Display Resolution

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begin  James McDonald's  quote:

| Can anyone tell me what I have to do to hack XF86Config so that it
| uses the correct resolution. Using redhat-config-xfree86 does
| diddley.

sure. edit /etc/X11/XF86Config (or whatever redhat calls is, wherever 
redhat puts it) and comment out the lines containing other 
resolutions.

for instance, in my brutally hacked XF86Config (which i ought to have 
tattooed upside down onto my chest, so ruined would i be without it), 
i force 1280x960 to wit:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "G-Force4"
    Monitor     "FlatCRT 19-inch"
    DefaultDepth 16

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
	#Modes       "1600x1200"
        #Modes       "1280x1024"
	Modes       "1280x960"
        #Modes       "1152x864"
	#Modes       "1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        #Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        #Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

as you can see, for my default color depth there is only one 
resolution available. thus, it pretty much has to do as i say. of 
course, i also had to tune my own modelines for this as well, just 
because it's kind of a goofy resolution. you may or may not have to 
fiddle with modelines. xfree >=4.0 supposedly didn't need 'em. sure 
-- and the xfree nv driver works adequately, too. right.
-- 
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