[COLUG] Screen size in FC6

[Bill Baker]

I would, but I can never get them to compile.  Plus, the open source
nVidia drivers worked just fine in FC5.

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 23:48 -0500, Travis Sidelinger wrote:
> 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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