How do I change the resolution

[TDCM]

How can I change the resolution in Gnome?

[busa_blade]

What distro are you using? RH8 has a configuration tool for this, but if you aren't using RH8, then you can manually go in and hack your XConfig86 file.

[TDCM]

Slackware 8.1

[busa_blade]

OK... I am not sure about XFreeConfig tools in slackware, so I am gonna tell you the file hack.

edit the file XConfig86
it should be in the /etc/X11 directory or something like it.

There should be a section similar to the following:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Rage 128"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

on the line that says Modes, in the quotes are your different display sizes. The first one is the default. If you place one at the beginning of the list, it will be the one that is used when X starts up. So if you made it look like this:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Rage 128"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

then your default resolution would be 1280x1024. Be careful and make sure that your monitor supports it so that you don't damage your equipment. Next time you start X, you should be using the new resolution. I think there is a shortcut of hitting ctrl+alt+backspace to restart X, but you will kill all programs running in your current session like mozilla or any application that was started by you.

[TDCM]

thank you very very much!