Video

[Rick Sivernell]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:57:22 -0600
"Collins Richey" <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/28/07, Rick Sivernell <res005ru at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 08:49 -0500, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> > > > All
> > > >
> > > > I have forgotten the command line program to set the
> > > > screen resolution in Fedora 7. Would some one kindly
> > > > nudge my mind in the roper direction.
> > > >
> 
> > > That's what my FC7 Launcher Properties 's command has for the icon Screen Resolution.
> > >
> 
> > Ok, I guess I need to mention that I have ati card built into my laptop.
> > On start up it appears to be out of sync or wrong freq. set. What I need to
> > do is re setup the video card from run level 3.
> > --
> 
> OK, there are two situations at work here.
> 
> 1. at startup the framebuffer resolutions are controlled by extra
> kernel parameters 'VGA=hexcode' (google for these). The frequency
> (correct me if I am wrong) does not come into play here.
> 
> Sample grub kernel line
> kernel  /boot/<kernelname> root=<root partition> ro quiet vga=791
> 
> 2. The resolutions and the frequencies for X are controlled by xorg.conf
> 
> Sample excerpt
> 
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier     "Monitor0"
>     VendorName     "VSC"
>     ModelName      "VSC111e"
> #### here are the frequncies
>     HorizSync       30.0 - 82.0
>     VertRefresh     50.0 - 85.0
>     Option         "DPMS" "true"
> # optional ModeLine .... here
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Card0"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     VendorName     "All"
>     BoardName      "All"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Screen0"
>     Device         "Card0"
>     Monitor        "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     Option         "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
>     Option         "Coolbits" "1"
>     Option         "RandRRotation" "1"
>     Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"
>     Option         "TripleBuffer" "0"
>     Option         "DynamicTwinView" "1"
> ### here are the resolutions
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -- 
> Collins Richey
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>      of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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Thanks Collins, that helps.
added section to fit resolution:
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
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 Rick Sivernell
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 res005ru at verizon.net
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