(fedora) help with screen resolution

[Jan Brosius]

Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen wrote:
> Jan Brosius <jan.brosius at skynet.be> wrote on 14-DEC-2007 00:40:54.68
>
>   
>> I use fedora 8. Just to play I changed my screen resolution from 
>> 1280x1024 to 1280x800. I logged out, logged in again (now with 
>> resolution 1280x800) and then I wanted to change again to 1280x1024 but 
>> I saw that this was impossible. I only get 1280x800 as highest possible 
>> choice. How can I restore my screen resolution to 1280x1024.
>>     
> I had the same on my laptop yesterday. I solved it by editing the
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and added the 1280x1024 as first parameter of the
> "modes line" in the "screen" section.
> After this you have to restart the X-server (i.e. by loging-off .. logon)
>   
Many thanks
Jan