Screen Resolution

[Member jackson312]

I am using 17.4.1. This disk was somehow set to 640×480 and even though I am doing an xrandr for 1024×768. There is no xorg.conf. When I go to the control center under session and try and change resolutions, only 640×480. Is there somewhere else where the screen resolution gets set.

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Jackson

[Member Xecure]

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Give us some specs of your system
inxi -Fxz
My guess is that before installation it set xorg driver to vesa, and is limiting your max resolution.

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[Member sybok]

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Hi,
you can try to use the console/terminal as well which is basically what the GUI does.
Sometimes, the GUI may miss some of the resolutions available.

An example for 1152×864 with (default) refresh 60:

xrandr --listactivemonitors
cvt 1152 864 60
xrandr --newmode '1152x864_60.00' 81.75  1152 1216 1336 1520  864 867 871 897 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1152x864_60.00
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1152x864_60.00

1) xrandr: Get the list of monitors.
2) cvt: Find correct setings for your resolution ‘X’ times ‘Y’ via ‘cvt’.
3) xrandr: Generate new mode; name and parameters copied from the output of ‘cvt’!
4) xrandr: Add mode “to” the monitor.
5) xrandr: Set the output to use this new mode.

Tip: save these commands to a BASH script so you may easily re-run them if something resets the values to incorrect ones.

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