topic title: Screen Resolution
Posts: 46
dln9
Joined: 03 Feb 2010
#1
I am new to antiX. I installed version 8.2 on the hard drive.

How do I make antiX"remember" the screen resolution I select? Everytime I reboot the computer, antiX goes back to the default screen resolution.

Thanks.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
You need to edit a file for this.

Open antiX control centre -> System -> Edit Config files -> Xorg.conf

Scroll down to SubSection"Display" and add your resolution to each Modes"1024x768""800x600" line.

eg

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SubSection"Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes"1280x720""1024x768""800x600"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection"Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes"1280x720""1024x768""800x600"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection"Display"
  Depth 16
  Modes"1280x720""1024x768""800x600"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection"Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes"1280x720""1024x768""800x600"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection"Display"
  Depth 32
  Modes"1280x720""1024x768""800x600"
  EndSubSection
You will need to logout/login for changes to stick.

Maybe a good idea to backup the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file before making changes.

In a root terminal

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
Posts: 46
dln9
Joined: 03 Feb 2010
#3
Thanks again for the help.

Unfortunately, when I looked at the Xorg.conf file, all the"Modes" already had my desired resolution (800x600) listed.

Any other ideas on how I can fix this?

Thanks.
Posts: 1,062
Dave
Joined: 20 Jan 2010
#4
Try at the grub boot menu to change the video modes, it should be shown as a option at the bottom left hand corner of the screen. If that helps at all you can set that as the"vga=" option in the /boot/grub/menu.list file
Posts: 46
dln9
Joined: 03 Feb 2010
#5
I tried all available vga options. They had no affect.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#6
What does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file show?