topic title: [solved]making resolution permanent
Posts: 12
houndhen
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
#1
Running Antix 13.2. Destop resolution is too small for me to see. I found out how to change the resolution to 800 X 600 but it is just for the session. How do I make it permanent?
Last edited by houndhen on 27 Nov 2014, 15:06, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
Usually a

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inxi -F
in your post will help a little.

plus a

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xrandr
also.
Posts: 12
houndhen
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
#3
rokytnji wrote:Usually a

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inxi -F
in your post will help a little.

plus a

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xrandr
also.
inxi -F
System: Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7
Distro: antiX-13.2_386-full Luddite 4 November 2013
Machine: System: HP Pavilion 06 product: DB287A-ABA 864N v: 09b1104RE101XENO3
Mobo: MICRO-STAR model: MS-6577 v: 020
Bios: Phoenix v: 3.14 date: 02/14/2003
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-UP-) cache: 512 KB
speed: 2666 MHz (max)
Graphics: Card: Intel 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Integrated Graphics Device
Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: vesa,intel (unloaded: fbdev)
Resolution: 800x600@0.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209)
GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio: Card C-Media CMI8738/CMI8768 PCI Audio driver: snd_cmipci
Sound: ALSA v: k3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp
Network: Card-1: D-Link System RTL8139 Ethernet driver: 8139too
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
mac: 00:0d:88:3d:d3:34
Card-2: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too
IF: eth1 state: down mac: 00:10:dc:e6:c7:5c
Drives: HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (6.6% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD800BB size: 80.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.9G used: 2.8G (30%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda6
ID-2: /home size: 29G used: 218M (1%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda7
ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.14GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 77 Uptime: 48 min Memory: 305.4/492.7MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16
hw-antix@antiX1:~
xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 800 x 600, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1280x1024 0.0
1024x768 0.0
800x600 0.0*
640x480 0.0
Posts: 2,238
dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#4
try putting this at the end of your startup file

xrandr --output OUTPUTNAME --mode 800x600

On my laptop top, the output name of my montior is LVDS1.
Posts: 1,308
BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#5
I recently posted a solution to this
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Posts: 12
houndhen
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
#6
Thanks for the help. Will mark this solved. Had to delete Antix 13.2. Got MX-14 installed and trying to work with it on a really old monitor. Both Antix and MX-14 seem to bog down while using iceweasel. Glad I have newer, faster desktops that I use to get work done. Keep the old boy around just to print checks. Good to have XP and a linux distro on it. Helps me learn.