To Change Screen Resolution

[Manivannan. M]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Cornette" <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: To Change Screen Resolution


> Manivannan. M wrote:
>> On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 07:11 -0500, akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 07:24:49PM +0800, Manivannan. M wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I need to resize my monitor resolution to make the icons appear small.
>>>>In the "preference" >> "screen resolution" I can only see 800 X 600 with
>>>>60 Hz. The other one is with 640 X 480 which is even worst.
>>>>
>>>>Can anyone help me with this.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>I suspect you are seeing only the resolutions that are currently in
>>>the xorg.conf file. You could edit the file and restart X. Or you
>>>could go to init level 3 and use system-config-display to configure
>>>the xorg for the resolution you want. Then return to init level 5.
>>>This assumes you have FC2 or FC3. If you have FC1 respond back for
>>>a slightly different answer.
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>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Step by step guide on how to go about doing it would be very helpfull. I
>> am using FC3 and a newbie. Please help !
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
> If you want to use the tools that come with Fedora, go to system settings 
> and then the display choice. You will be asked for the root (admin) 
> password to launch the program.
> Once the program comes up, you will have displayed what your video card 
> and your monitor is selected as.
> If your video card is recognized properly, it will display what type of 
> card you are using. If so, the display selection could be your problem.
> Go to the hardware tab and click on the display button. If you have an LCD 
> or if you have a CRT type display, select the appropriate choice. When you 
> click either selection, it should expand to show different resolutions. 
> Choose the resolution that the display is capable of. 1024x768 or whatever 
> the monitor can handle.
> After you complete this process and save the choices that you made, these 
> screen resolutions should now be avaiilasble under preferences -->> Screen 
> Resolution.
>
> With the first program, you might need to restart X. Close all active 
> programs, then zap the server with ctl-alt-backspace. This should restart 
> the login manager with the new resolutions available.
> The second step under Prefrences -->> Screen Resolution will need to be 
> done after performing the System Settings -->> Display portion and zapping 
> the server for display manager to restart.
>
> I hope this helps. The other method involves setting the line in the 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with an editor. You could add additional 
> resolutions with an editor into the display section of the file. the 
> excerpt looks similar to the below.
>
> Jim
>
> Sample from my generated xorg.conf using the display choice. 
> (system-config-display)
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     16
>                 Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>
>
>
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Hi, Jim

when I type the etc/X11/xorg.conf in the terminal it says permission denied. 
Do I need to login to root, if yes, how would I login as root from my normal 
user account.

Thanks.