think I've settled

[Net Llama!]

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Bob Hemus wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 21:16 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Bob Hemus wrote:
>>
>>> I've been looking for a distro that I like ever since the loss of e2.4
>
>>
>> No NVIDIA driver has any limits on the resolution (mode) you can use.
>> Such limits are determined soley by the capabilities of your hardware.
>>
>> 1.0-9629 is a really old beta driver that I wouldn't use for anything.
>> You should be using 1.0-9631 (if your card is older than NV3x) or
>> 1.0-9746.
>>
> Running your second favorite distro, SuSE 10.1, I can get a 2048 X 1536
> (QXGA).  Doesn't the driver set that?  If not, David, where do I go in
> my Debian to change it?  This is not quite as intuitive as e2.4 or RH
> 7.3, but I kinda like it.

The driver validates the mode based on the capabilities of your hardware. 
You specify the mode you want in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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