Gnome running..Screen Huge! Resolution?

[GeorgeBurns]

:confused:

I am running redhat 6.0 on a AMD K5 with 64mgs ram
Monitor is a proview technology standard vga 50/60hz
Video Card is Avance Logic AGL 2301.B it says 9449k on the board but I know this can't be how much memory it has. The truth is I don't know.

I went thru Xconfigurator and got nothing w/ 'startx'
Then I tried xf86config and got Gnome going, but it is much too large to fit on my screen. I know this usually happens when the res is too low (is that right?) but when I set it to SVGA 800x600@56hz, I get squat. (it is currently set @ Stan.VGA 640x480@60hz and frekkin huge!)

Unfortunatly, I know very little about displays/graphic cards. I assume mine must be interlaced since it is from the stone age.

Any help, clues, or pointers will win you a donut...mmmmmm...doooonnuuuuut:D

Many thanks for your time and efforts,

George

Oh - I should add that I have looked in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/Monitors and could find nothing about mine. Also, I have read similar threads and could glean not much...I saved a backup of XF86Config, went in there and changed all the modes to "800x600" in the screen section. Also I added the line "DefaultColorDepth 16" After those changes, nothing seems to be different. Very stuck here. Thanks again!

[The Ennead IX]

Ideally you need to get the right video drivers for you card, vga will give you just basic options, you could also try using the vesa drivers as another possibility.


The way the config file works is that it reads the first display entry for each colour depth first. As an example
/etc/X11/XF86Config (may be XF86Config-4 for you)

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "asus V8440"
Monitor "belinea 106030"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection


I've removed my 16 + 8 bit sections for ease but from that "DefaultDepth 24" means it will run the first mode on the 24 bit line, namely "1600x1200", it will then run left to right through the others trying to find one that works if that fails. Check your file to make sure it has all the entries in that are useable and not just a couple of basic low res ones. Once all available resolutions are in the file then you can jump between different resolutions by using ctrl+alt++ or ctrl+alt+-.