[Summary] Changing screen resolution

From: Ryan McConigley <ryan_at_cs.uwa.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:09:46 +0800

        Thanks to all those who responded. My problem was I didn't know how to
change the screen resolution on one of our machines. Lots of people
responded and the answers were divided into one of two solutions.

        The first solution (which I used) was to test which resolution worked for
you best by stopping X (/sbin/init.d/xlogin stop) and restarting it at a
command line with the command line options. (/usr/bin/X11/X -screen0
1600x1200) until you find a combination that you like.

        You can then set this in the Xconfig start up file
(/etc/dt/config/Xservers). There should be a line that looks something
like ":0 Local local_at_console /usr/bin/X11/X :0" Any switches go after
the :0 at the end. I put in ":0 Local local_at_console /usr/bin/X11/X :0
-screen0 1600x1200" which worked for me.

        The other common solution was to look the back of the graphics
cards. Some of them have a rotary switch, but mine didn't :}

        Thanks again.

        Cheers,
                Ryan.

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