[COLUG] Screen size in FC6

[Travis Sidelinger]

Try downloading and installing the nvidia drivers.  The Nvidia drivers 
are pretty good under Linux.

Bill Baker wrote:
> Ever since I upgraded to Fedora Core 6 I have been unable to get a
> resolution above 1280x1024.  Normally I have my resolution set to
> 1600x1200 but whenever I try to set it to that it always reverts to
> 1280x1024.  Also, the Ctrl+Alt++ and Ctrl+Alt+- combinations to set my
> screen to a lower resolution don't work any more.  I've been over my
> xorg.conf file, but I can't see any errors in it.  Does anyone have any
> ideas?
>
> Here are the relevant sections of my xorg.conf file:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>
>  ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> #       HorizSync    30.0 - 82.0
> #       VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "ViewSonic VA700"
>         DisplaySize  330        250
>         Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nv"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model
> 64 Pro]"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>
> #       SubSection "Display"
> #               Viewport   0 0
> #               Depth     16
> #               Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
> #       EndSubSection
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050"
> "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
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