Trying to get X running at lower resolutions than 640x480...

[kuber]

Sorry for the crosspost, but the other one is basically dead an I probably should have placed it here in the first place. And I still havent' figured it out...
I found the modeline I need, it is:

Modeline "320x240@76i" 7.56 320 352 360 392 240 245 247 253
doublescan interlace

I inserted it under the monitor section and then added "320x240@76i" to my mode list. Still no luck. I also tried it w/ Virtual-ie

"320x240@76i" Virtual 1600 1200

Still no luck...
Any ideas how to get this working? It would be really nice for playing xmame...

[Neurotica]

You have to add the modlines AND make them available... Find something that looks similar:
------------
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection


-----------------
Where "Modes" are, add all your available mods you can use...
Example mine looks like this:


Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
-----------------------------------

Make _SURE_ that you put them in the video device you are using. There will probably be several similar enteries in your XF86Config file to what I showed above. If all else fails and you cant figure it out. Add all the modes to every single "similar" one that had a "modes" line.

Make a backup fo your file as well incase you break it.

[kuber]

I did all that. Many are saying that you need to run virtual fonts, so I tried that also . Didn't work. Apparently there is something special you have to do to run at res lower than 640x480. Have you tried on your box?

[MBMarduk]

If all else fails (as you say), Can't you just e-mail the XFree86 people?

[bdg1983]

I certainly agree with that.

There should be a way for this to work, so why not go to the source?

[Neurotica]

You dont have to do anything special to get it to work below 640x480. Set the modelines, add it to the avilable modes, and it should work.


Do you want to _START_ in that mode?

Try pressing
ctl alt +
or
ctl alt -

see what res you can manually take it to while in X.

[kuber]

What I had done was used a modeline calculator to find the correct modeline for my setup. I inserted it under the monitor section. I then added the mode to the display section. This hasn't worked for me (I have been trying to get this to work for a while).

[kuber]

Ok. Here is an update. I used a modeline generator and got:

Modeline "304x224" 14.82 304 320 400 432 224 226 238 264 (all on 1 line, of course)

I inserted it into my monitor section and added "304x224" to my modes. When I switch to this res. I get 2 images of my desktop at low res (good...) but then it craps out after about 5 seconds. My monitor turns off and then if I switch back to my default res. it turns back on and all is good. Any idea what I need to change?

[bdg1983]

This is just a guess...

The Xserver your card uses does not support that low of a resolution? The VGA16 server may. ??