Adding screen resolution to Hoary

[H-Man]

How do I add a screen resolution to Hoary. I had this install on a laptop
with a 1024x768 resolution and now have it on a laptop with a screen
resolution of 1280x800. It runs in a VMWare virtual machine.

TIA

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[Toby Newman]

On 2006-02-27, H-Man <I-Hate@Spam.sucks> wrote:

> How do I add a screen resolution to Hoary. I had this install on a laptop
> with a 1024x768 resolution and now have it on a laptop with a screen
> resolution of 1280x800. It runs in a VMWare virtual machine.

You'll want to be editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Save a backup.
Make changes.
Restart X.

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[H-Man]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:35:15 +0000, Toby Newman wrote:

> On 2006-02-27, H-Man <I-Hate@Spam.sucks> wrote:

>> How do I add a screen resolution to Hoary. I had this install on a laptop
>> with a 1024x768 resolution and now have it on a laptop with a screen
>> resolution of 1280x800. It runs in a VMWare virtual machine.

>
> You'll want to be editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> Save a backup.
> Make changes.
> Restart X.

Thanks Toby, that's what I thought but there's no xorg.conf in the /etc/X11
dir. There is an /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 . I edited that post backup but
nothing was added to the screen resolution selection after restart. I found
Xorg.conf in /usr/share/xresprobe. I backed that up and edited it,
restarted, no additional modes were listed.

If I recall I once did a Warty to Hoary upgrade by changing all of the
repositories and doing an upgrade. Maybe this has something to do with the
confusing status. Maybe a reinstall is in order.

Thanks for your help.

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HK

[Toby Newman]

On 2006-02-28, H-Man <I-Hate@Spam.sucks> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:35:15 +0000, Toby Newman wrote:
>

>> On 2006-02-27, H-Man <I-Hate@Spam.sucks> wrote:

>>> How do I add a screen resolution to Hoary. I had this install on a laptop
>>> with a 1024x768 resolution and now have it on a laptop with a screen
>>> resolution of 1280x800. It runs in a VMWare virtual machine.

>>
>> You'll want to be editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>> Save a backup.
>> Make changes.
>> Restart X.

>
> Thanks Toby, that's what I thought but there's no xorg.conf in the /etc/X11
> dir. There is an /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 . I edited that post backup but
> nothing was added to the screen resolution selection after restart. I found
> Xorg.conf in /usr/share/xresprobe. I backed that up and edited it,
> restarted, no additional modes were listed.
>
> If I recall I once did a Warty to Hoary upgrade by changing all of the
> repositories and doing an upgrade. Maybe this has something to do with the
> confusing status. Maybe a reinstall is in order.
>
> Thanks for your help.

After editing your XF86-Config4, restart X, and then try ctrl-alt-numpad+ and numpad-. That cycles through the resolutions in your XF86-Config4 or xorg.conf.

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