How to get greater resolution

[Richard W. Knight]

reader at newsguy.com wrote:

>Richard Fish <bigfish at asmallpond.org> writes:
>
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>>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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Why use a virtual screen size that's larger than your highest resolution?

Rick Knight
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