How to get greater resolution

[Justin Denick]

Have you tried the KcontrolCenter?

On 12/12/05, reader at newsguy.com <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> Running Gentoo linux
> Kde-3.4.1
>
> How can I get a greater resolution in my kde sessions?
>
> It seems 1152x1024 is the highest I can get.  But with the monitor
> mentioned in xorg.conf I should be able to get 1280x1024 or even
> greater.
>
> monitor is:
>         ModelName    "hp mx703"
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 140.0
>
> ========
>
> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>         RgbPath      "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
>         ModulePath   "/usr/lib/modules"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "dri"
>         Load  "dbe"
>         Load  "record"
>         Load  "xtrap"
>         Load  "freetype"
>         Load  "type1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "kbd"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         #DisplaySize      320   240     # mm
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "HWP"
>         ModelName    "hp mx703"
>         HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 140.0
>         Option      "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Card0"
>         Driver      "ati"
>         VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>         BoardName   "Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]"
>         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Card0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth      24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Virtual   1600 1280
>                 Depth     24
>       Modes     "1152x1024" "1280x1024"
> # Modes     "1152x1024" "1280x1024" "1600x1280"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
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