screen res in slack

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okay i just installed slackware and i startx and my screen res i was outta control its out of the screen i have tried ctrl alt + and - in the number key pad . so i went back to the xf86config
and i am getting no where .. please explain to me what the hell to do . mind u i just intalled slack a few hours ago so be easy on me : )

[Etherphyte]

Del,

in your /etc/X11/XF86config file, there is a section called screen sections. In this section you will see something that looks like this:
DefaultDepth = #

This is your default color depth. Take note of it. Then below you will see

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
MOdes "640x480" "800x600 etc...
viewPort 0 0
End Subsection

You will see a couple of these, each with a different Depth. The depth is your color depth, i.e. depth 8 = 8bpp etc.

The safest and easiest way to fix this is to re-arrange the Modes section for the section that corresponds with your default color depth so the resolution you want appears first, as opposed to "600x480"

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ahh okay i ahve been going at this for hours now its driving me up a ****ing wall
i edit the the display and still notta
i am in like 600x800 actually it way more than that the windows are off the screen
i have a intel 810 chipset. is this the problem i did exactly what u said 20 times