__/ [ Andreas ] on Wednesday 29 March 2006 08:03 \__
> Jim escribe:
>
>> Hello. I have installed Suse 9.2 on a laptop (1920x1280), and
>> sometimes use an external monitor (1600x1200).
>>
>> My screen resolution must be very low, as everything is large and I
>> don't get much real estate. How can I get the higher resolutions
>> Windows gives me?
>
> The screen resolution can be set within yast, just as houghi already
> pointed out, or directly by manipulating the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
I would strongly recommend doing this through SaX2 (under YaST). People who
descend to the level of text files too early find Linux rather discouraging
for no valid reason. Fine controls and old-styled command-line hacking may
be fine for the expert, but they deter the novice.
> In the section "Monitor" you can change the screen size in Millimeters
> by editing the value of "DisplaySize".
> Here is the significant part of my xorg.conf:
>
> =====================================
> Section "Monitor"
> DisplaySize 376 301
> HorizSync 30-83
> Identifier "Monitor[0]"
> ModelName "CM2019"
> Option "DPMS"
> VendorName "ICP"
> VertRefresh 43-76
> UseModes "Modes[0]"
> EndSection
> =====================================
>
> An additional way to change the screen resolution is to edit the
> file /etc/X11/Xresources by adding a line
>
> Xft.dpi: XX
Also use the following tool if you have gone along these lines:
http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines
> where XX is the dpi you want to set your monitor to. This should only
> affect the fonts though (mine is set to 84, which renders quite small
> fonts).
>
> I found an interesting article about the whole screen res thingy at
> http://scanline.ca/dpi where all this is explained in more detail and
> much better than I can do it.
>
> Don't forget you'll have to restart X11 to actually see the changes, and
> always make backups of the files you edit!
True. Copy the files using the file manager (Konqueror?) or, if you must:
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf~ (needs to access as root)
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/YOUR_USERNAME/
CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to restart X11 at any time.
Hope it helps,
Roy
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