[64studio-devel] How do I adjust the Screen resolution to 1920 x 1600

[Daniel James]

Hi Bal,

> I can adjust to 1600 x 1200 but there is not the option to go any higher.

The applet under Desktop -> Preferences is actually a front-end to the 
xrandr command (X resize and rotate). It does not set the system 
defaults, which are in the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Open this file in the nano editor, as root, and towards the end of the 
file, you will see some lines like this (depth refers here to 24-bit 
colour):

         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth           24
                 Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
         EndSubSection

If "1920x1600" is not listed here, then you need to add it before 
"1600x1200". Save the file, log out of Gnome, and hit ctrl-alt-backspace 
to restart X. If this doesn't work and the screen goes fuzzy or blank, 
you can hit ctrl-alt-F2 to open a text login console, log in as root and 
change the xorg.conf file back.

Cheers!

Daniel