How to get greater resolution

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Richard Fish <bigfish at asmallpond.org> writes:

> xdpyinfo, in the "Screen #0" section.  Example:
>
> ...
> screen #0:
>   print screen:    no
>   dimensions:    1680x1050 pixels (403x303 millimeters)
>   resolution:    106x88 dots per inch

Richard,
I posted a similar query on xorg list.  With your input and from xorg
I've got the setup as good as it will get I think.

Comes up in 1400x1050.

Just for your info:

Now about that xdpyinfo.  Several people have pointed to it.  It does
not show the actual displayed resolution.  At least not here.

It shows the same thing as xwininfo, that is, the size of my virtual
desktop.  In my case it is now set to 2048x1536.

I think for many people who don't use a virtual desktop larger than
the largest resolution, then xdpyinfo shows the correct figure and so
has been taken for displayed resolution but really isn't.

On the xorg group someone mentioned `xvidtune -s' and finally that was
something that really shows the display resolution


Snippet from xorg.conf that gives me the best I'll get for now I
think.

  Section "Screen"
     Identifier "Screen0"
     Device     "Card0"
     Monitor    "Monitor0"
     DefaultDepth      24
     SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Virtual   2048 1536
        Depth     24
        Modes      "1400x1050" "1280x1024"  "1280x960" "1024x768"
     EndSubSection
  EndSection


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