Robert Heller wrote:
I just got a new monitor for my desktop system (the old one died after *many* years of service). The new monitor is a high res 16:9 monitor, but the VESA video driver insists on using 1024x768 (which was the resolution of the *old* monitor). It does seem to detect higher, 16:9 resolutions but it is not using them. I *think* I need to set some low-level video mode thing, but it has been a long time since I have had to do that that I have totally forgotten how to do it. And I have been unable to find it with a websearch either.
<snip> #1: your /etc/X11/xorg.conf is probably set for the old monitor. As you don't mention what your video card is, I can't advise you use something like nfidia-config, so either edit that file, or move it aside, and see what you get.
mark