screen resolution

[nvllified]

I know this may sound like a really really stupid question, but, How do I fix my screen resolution? I went to the screen resolution icon in Gnome but it only gives me a choice of 800x600. The maximum resolution of my moniter is 1280x1024 at 60hz... the current setting really hurts my eyes. I'm using an Nvidia card, I installed the drivers but I don not know how to access the Nvidia configuration tool (if this would possibly solve my situation)... can anyone help me out?

[manny]

Yep, it happened to me too, just edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file (you can use nano, emacs, vim, whatever editor) (of course, not a wysiwyg) and look for the Section "Screen" check what is your default depth, mine is 24 (equal to 32bit in windoze) and add the res you want to the default depth.
Example: Mine was

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SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes          "800x600" "640x480"

Just add the res you need (and your monitor supports)

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SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

I guess you should do all this when not in an "X" session, but not sure, maybe log out and in or reboot
Hope it helps

[nvllified]

Thanks, that worked out great!

[yanik]

The Xrandr extension is what you are looking for, you can change your resolution on the fly. See http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/201