[NTLUG:Discuss] Slackware Video Question

[./aal]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 6:17 PM, ./aal <aalhard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Dennis Myhand <dmyhand at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>> terry wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Dennis Myhand <dmyhand at suddenlink.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just loaded Slack 12.1 and the highest resolution I can get is
>>>> 1024x768 which is okay, except my monitor want 1440x900.  Which file do
>>>> I need to edit in order to change my resolution to what I need?  Thanks,
>>>> Dennis in Victoria
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> What display adapter do you have in this machine?
>>>
>>> If you are using generic driver, that is all you will get, but if you load
>>> the right driver for your video card, you should get options for higher
>>> resolution.
>>>
>>> Once you get the right module loaded, I think the command is xorgconfig  or
>>> xorgsetup to reconfigure the X server, (it will re-write xorg.conf for you),
>>> and at that point, it should just auto-detect the monitor and give you a
>>> proper resolution when you go back and start or re-start the X server.
>>>
>>> Let us know...
>>
>> Here is the adapter and the vertical refresh rate for the monitor.
>>
>> radeon x1550
>>
>> 512 megs ram
>>
>> 61Hz
>>
>> Stupid question 2, is there a special way to load the driver other than
>> just doing the xorgconfig?  That did not seem to work, nor did editing
>> the xorg.conf file, either before or after running xorgconfig and
>> restarting the xserver.  Thanks, Dennis
>>
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>
> pastebin your /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>




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