Can't get out of 640x480 display

[JBruyet]

Hey all,

I have a Linux box that seems to be stuck in the 640x480 display mode. I can go in and change the display settings to 1024x768, 1600x1200, or whatever but the display stays the same when I reload X. If I go into the display settings the new settings are still there, 1024x768, 1600x1200, or whatever, but it's still stuck on 640x480. I'm running an AMD 550 box with an S3 Savage IX card w/8 megs and a Sylvania F77 monitor, and Linux correctly identifies the video card and the monitor. It works fine with Windows, but not under Linux. Anyone have any ideas on how to change the display and actually make the change?

Thanks,

Joe Brouillette

 

[JBruyet]

Oh yeah, I'm running RH 9.0

Sorry,

Joe Brouillette

 

[Mellegem]

Use ctrl-alt + and - to adjust you're reslution when in the GUI. If this you should add the relevant extract from you're XF86Config-4 file. It should read something like this

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Geforce MX2"
Monitor "CTX"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection

 

[flugh]

I also have an AMD 550 with an 8MB S3 Savage (not an Aptiva
from Best Buy too eh?). It is (well, was) displaying on a
old, OLD 15" Packard Bell monitor that actually went up in
smoke after I wiped some dust off and the static sent it to
it's grave. Here's the gist of my XF86Config-4 file:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "S3 Inc."
    BoardName "S3 Savage4"
    Driver "savage"
    VideoRam 8192
    Option "DPMS"
    # Option "no_accel" # You may enable this if there are timeouts when starting X
EndSection
                                                                                                                            
Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 16

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Modes "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

EndSection

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JR