Original Question :-
> > Greetings
> >
> > I have tried (on several occasions) to change the screen resolution on
> > Alphaserver 1000's, using the on board Cirrus graphics.
> > I have copied the /usr/dt/config/Xservers to /etc/dt/config/Xservers
> > and then modified the line:
> > :0 Local local_at_console /usr/bin/X11/X :0
> > to:
> > :0 Local local_at_console /usr/bin/X11/X :0 -screen0 800
> >
> > (I have also tried modifying /usr/dt/config/Xservers although this is
> not
> > recommended)
> >
> > This has an effect on the display i.e. it is reduced in size to approx
> 5" x
> > 4" in the middle of the screen, I am sure this is changing the
> resolution
> > but is also somehow changing the size. (N.B. The screen is a 15" Digital
> > screen VR?15)
> >
> > Do I need to apply some other parameters in addition to the '-screen0
> 800' .
> >
> > Does anyone have a list of all the parameters that can be supplied to
> the X
> > command, with a useful explanation of them. The man pages I have looked
> at
> > seem somewhat limited.
> >
>
Thanks to Neil for his response :-
I have done this on our Alphaserver 1000, though our monitor is a VR17,
maybe my experience will be helpful.
I followed Section 3.3.2 in the 4.0D release notes, which it is a little
confusing as /usr/dt/config/Xservers is ultimately a link to
/usr/dt/config/Xservers.con, and the nice parameter in the notes is absent
from my files.
However if you don't have that handy (it is probably on the web at
http://www.unix.digital.com/faqs/publications/pub_page/doc_list.html)
I changed the relevant line in /usr/dt/config/Xservers.con to
:0 Local local_at_console /usr/bin/X11/X :0 -screen0 800
and in /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers
:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X -screen0 800
Then all was fine after a reboot.
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