Re: Tried XF86Setup...didn`t help too much.

[Paul Branston <nospam [at] rannoch.demon.co.uk>]

>
> > Is there a way I can just shove a few lines into my XF86Config file,
> > and not rely on all the crap that these setup programs want to add?
>

If you want resolution of 800 x 600
look in the XF86config file for a line which starts

Modeline 800x600 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666

it must be uncommented i.e. not have # at the left of the line, (Sorry
if thats obvious). If there is one like that you're in business. I would
not uncomment any that are commented out unless you know what you're doing
and have done the calculations or you could damage your hardware.

Look for a stanza starting

Section Screen

if there is more than one the relevant one is the one where the
Driver line refers to your graphics card type. If you don't know
this look at /etc/X11/X which under redhat is a link to the
applicable xfree driver. In this stanza the line Modes
should have the modes which you can swap between like this

Modes 1024x768 640x480 800x600

You can then swap between resolutions with the Ctrl-Alt-Keypadplus
or Ctrl-ALt-Keypadminus combination. The DontZoom must be commented
out or absent for these combinations to be interpreted by the X server
as a command to swap resolutions. DontZap refers to the Ctrl-Alt_backspace
command to shutdown the X server.

have fun

Paul

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