Re: Screen Resolution


Subject: Re: Screen Resolution
From: Sam Moore (samiwas@macconnect.com)
Date: Sun Aug 13 2000 - 19:33:04 MDT


Have a look at /etc/X11/XF86Config
especially down at the bottom in the section called "Screen".
That should help.

On 8/13/00 at 2:19 PM, hshere@greendragon.com (Howard Shere) wrote:

>
> This should be a simple question.
>
> I have Linux running. I am at the command line. I remember putting some
> params in the bootx control panel to specify the resolution, but I don't
> remember what those commands are.
>
> How can I tell from the command line what the current res and scan rate are
> set to? I'd rather not have to reboot into MacOS to check the params. There
> must be a way to tell.
>
> I know it is in the x configuration file somewhere, but I don't remember
> where that config file is hiding.
>
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