Cannot set display resolution above 800x600

[JUSTIN TAYLOR]

I recently had to re-install FC6.  Now my 17" CRT that I have always ran at 
1024x760 can only be set at 800x600 or 640x480.  I have looked high and low 
but cannot find the source of the problem.

What do I need to do to restore my original resolution?

[Kam Leo]

On 3/1/07, J Taylor  wrote:
> I recently had to re-install FC6.  Now my 17" CRT that I have always ran at
> 1024x760 can only be set at 800x600 or 640x480.  I have looked high and low
> but cannot find the source of the problem.
>
> What do I need to do to restore my original resolution?

Have you run system-config-display and verified that your graphics
card is installed?

[Philip Walden]

Kam Leo wrote:
> On 3/1/07, J Taylor  wrote:
> > I recently had to re-install FC6.  Now my 17" CRT that I have always 
> > ran at
> > 1024x760 can only be set at 800x600 or 640x480.  I have looked high 
> > and low
> > but cannot find the source of the problem.
> >
> > What do I need to do to restore my original resolution?
>
> Have you run system-config-display and verified that your graphics
> card is installed?

Make sure the monitor is not set to the "generic monitor". Pick some 
vendor's CRT that has higher resolutions.

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 3/2/07, Philip Walden  wrote:
> Kam Leo wrote:
> > On 3/1/07, J Taylor  wrote:
> > > I recently had to re-install FC6.  Now my 17" CRT that I have always
> > > ran at
> > > 1024x760 can only be set at 800x600 or 640x480.  I have looked high
> > > and low
> > > but cannot find the source of the problem.
> > >
> > > What do I need to do to restore my original resolution?
> >
> > Have you run system-config-display and verified that your graphics
> > card is installed?
>
> Make sure the monitor is not set to the "generic monitor". Pick some
> vendor's CRT that has higher resolutions.

Which X driver are you using?

[John]

J Taylor wrote:
> I recently had to re-install FC6.  Now my 17" CRT that I have always ran at 
> 1024x760 can only be set at 800x600 or 640x480.  I have looked high and low 
> but cannot find the source of the problem.
>
> What do I need to do to restore my original resolution?

Same thing happened to me about a day or two ago- go through 
System/Administration/Display; you'll be able to change it there. That 
800x600/640x480 selection option was thought of, by a real doofus. Oh... 
I'm sorry; that's MR Doofus.

John

J Taylor wrote:
> I recently had to re-install FC6.  Now my 17" CRT that I have always ran at 
> 1024x760 can only be set at 800x600 or 640x480.  I have looked high and low 
> but cannot find the source of the problem.
>
> What do I need to do to restore my original resolution?

On occasion I too run into this situation. I have a LCD so I don't think 
it is a monitor situation possibly a video card issue(Mine is a nvidia 
Geforce2 MX100 DDR). If I log off and re-log on the resolution returns 
to 1280X1024.

[Tim]

On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 19:03 -0600, J Taylor wrote:
> I recently had to re-install FC6.  Now my 17" CRT that I have always
> ran at 1024x760 can only be set at 800x600 or 640x480.  I have looked
> high and low but cannot find the source of the problem.

What's set as the monitor?  If it's some automatic plug and play, it
might play with what it considers safe values.  I had that problem until
I manually picked the model of VDU I had.