[CentOS] xorg display problems

Wed Jun 21 00:13:17 UTC 2006
Joshua Gimer <jgimer at gmail.com>

Try adding 1024x768 in the modes under the Screen section. Then reboot and
see if there is any change.

On 6/20/06, Mike M <linux-user at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Up until today everything has been fine with CentOS on my Toshiba laptop.
>
> I booted into CentOS 4.3 today and Kudzu detected my video card for some
> reason.  I let it configure it (wish I hadn't now).
>
> I can still get in. X and Gnome work.  But the video resolution is
> 800x640.  The LCD is capable of 1024x768.  I cannot change it using
> Gnome tools or direct editing of /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> With the Gnome "Display" system tool I cannot change the monitor to
> "Generic LCD Display".
>
> Any help you can offer on getting the 1024x768 display mode to work
> again would be appreciated.
>
> Here are the relevant sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> Section "Monitor"
>          Identifier   "Monitor0"
>          VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>          ModelName    "Unknown monitor"
>          HorizSync    31.5 - 37.9
>          VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
>          Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>          Identifier  "Videocard0"
>          Driver      "i810"
>          VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>          BoardName   "Intel 852"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>          Identifier "Screen0"
>          Device     "Videocard0"
>          Monitor    "Monitor0"
>          DefaultDepth     16
>          SubSection "Display"
>                  Viewport   0 0
>                  Depth     16
>                  Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>          EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> --
> Mike
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Thx
Joshua Gimer
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