How to get greater resolution

[Rick Knight]

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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Reader,

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Rick Knight

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