highest res for nforce2 gfx in linux?

[Yaka]

over the past day or so ive been installed knubuntu on a nforce2 mobo using onboard sound and gfx. only thing is my monitor has a native res of 1920x1200 but linux is on 640x400 or somat and i cant increase the res at all

 

[wyrd_fish]

is this in X or command line?

if it's X, /etc/X11/org.conf or /etc/X11/xf86-config.conf needs editing

if it's the command line then /boot/grub/menu.lst needs editing

 

[Yaka]

sorry to sound daft, but what do you mean by X?

 

[wyrd_fish]

X is what your GUI runs off, in your case KDE, i think

post the contence of the files i mentioned

 

[TdC]

indeed. the configuration file for X needs adjusting.

you'll need to find the screen section if the file, and do something like this:

Subsection "Display"
		Depth 24
		Modes "1920x1200" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
	EndSubSection

if you only ever run in one mode something like this will suffice

Subsection "Display"
		Depth 24
		Modes "1600x1200"
	EndSubSection

 

[TdC]

also, switching through predefined resolutions is with the key combination ctrl-alt-+ iirc. zapping the X server (ie killing it) goes with ctrl-alt-backspace

if you'r ein the graphical run level the X server should restart. if you're not you'll be left at the terminal prompt.