How to change screen resolution

[Mark LaPierre]

On 03/05/2011 04:35 PM, Triadi Krisnawan wrote:
> Hi Doc,
>
> Thanks for the info.
> I think I could take off the first posibility because it was working 
> fine before with higher resolution 4 weeks ago. But after I rebooted 
> the machine went to lower resolution (1024x768) and started 
> flickering. So the KVM might not be the problem.
>
> I will try to use the gft command. I am assuming that this command can 
> run in any terminal right?
> And also which are the two lines to be copy?
> Are they :
> 1280x1024 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 108.88 MHz
> Modeline "1280x1024_60.00" 108.88 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025
>
> Or
> Modeline "1280x1024_60.00" 108.88 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025
> 1028 1060 -HSync +Vsync
>
> Thanks Doc,
> Triadi
>
>
>
>
> > Triadi,
> >
> > Two possibilities.
> >
> > (1) Your VGA splitter device might limit its output resolution to
> > 1024x768. That's common with VGA-type KVMs.
> >
> > (2) Your Modeline statement looks incomplete. Try using the gtf utility:
> > $ gtf 1280 1024 60
> > You'll get an output line that looks like this:
> > # 1280x1024 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 108.88 MHz
> > Modeline "1280x1024_60.00" 108.88 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025
> > 1028 1060 -HSync +Vsync
> >
> > Try copying and pasting those two lines into your xorg.conf file. I had
> > to replace the underscore '_' character in the double-quotes string with
> > a space ' ' to get it to work in my system.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > --Doc Savage
> > Fairview Heights, IL
> >
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Hey Triadi,

The second line is wrapped in the output above.

Try stretching your terminal window wider first, then run the command.  
You will only get two lines in the terminal.  Use them both, with the 
edit suggested, and that might work.

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