Red Hat 9 Screen Resolution 1

[g0ste]

Hi there!
I have searched thru the forums, and have not come across this problem...
I am currently running Red Hat 9 on my system. I just installed it, and am a bit of a newbie. I know, its a bit daft jumping two feet first into the deep end of the pool...

Anyways, I have read through lots of documentation, and to still no avail.
When I go to change my screen resolution (to 1280*960 - currently at 800*600 - i have latest Nvidia Drivers installed), it says that I need to log out. So I log out, and log back in, but its still at 800*600 :\
Now call me stupid, but is that supposed to happen? Because I dont think it is
Anyways, My graphics card is an Nvidia GF4 MX with 128mb RAM. My monitor is a crappy Premier (unknown model), and I know it supports 1280*960, and my system is AMD 2000+ XP, 512ram, 80gb hdd. If anyone can help me, I would be appreciate it alot thx for reading this long winded question to probably a small problem

 

[mudajani]

Not sure about this, but it might be worth a try. Lower the refresh rate on the monitor e.g. from 85 or 80 to 60. then try increasing the resolution. Make sure you only use a refresh rate that IS SUPPORTED by your monitor, but stepping down generally doesn't damaged it.

 

[g0ste]

uhm, i only ran my refresh rate at 60hz, and i do believe it is that (or lower if it possible) at the moment. it says:

Horizontal Refresh Rates (kHz): 31.5-37.900001525878906
Vertical Refresh Rates (Hz): 50.0-70.0
?!

 

[AP81]

Try editing your /etc/X11/xf86config-4 and changing the resolution options there. For example, change the order of the display modes so the resoultion you want is the first one. Don't bother about chaning the Horizontal and Vertical refresh rates.

e.g. This will display a 24bit resolution @ "1024x768".

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

If you want it to display something else, such as "1280x960", you would change the modes to read:

"1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
-OR-
"1280x960"

It will always use the first resolution listed in the modes.

I recommend getting comfortable with Vi or Pico, as it is a lot easier and better to edit files from the command line.

 

[zeland]

Also, if you have multiple modes set in your XF86Config file and need to toggle between your modes, use the "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "+" or "-" key combo.

P/S: Anybody knows how to disable panning mode when I toggle to a lower resolution?