[Discuss] Wide screen monitor

[Gustavo González]

2008/5/7 stanfish <stanfish at shaw.ca>:
>  I had previously downloaded a file from the AMD/ATI website (/
> ati-driver-installer-8-4-x86.x86_64.run/ ). So I opened root and in a
> terminal window did: sh / ati-driver-installer-8-4-x86.x86_64.run / which
> started an automatic installation process, but at the end there was no
> difference in the screen resolution. Still couldn't get a 1680x1050
> resolution.
>  The file was  designed for RedHat and SuSE specifically so I guess that was
> why it did not have any affect.

Hello Stan,
To get the resolution you want, two conditions are required:

1. You really got the driver for your video card installed in your
system and referenced
    from your xorg.conf file
2. Your xorg.conf has the right parameters to display the resolution you want.
    Take a look to this page:
    http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes

As I told you before, you must read a lot about the xorg.conf syntax,
this is a good moment
for you, to learn and  to get good expertise about video configuration on Linux.
Good luck!

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