Forceig a resolution in xorg server

[doug]

This is in the handbook but:

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device     "Card0"
         Monitor    "Monitor0"
 	DefaultDepth 24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     1
         EndSubSection
            :
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     24
                 Modes     "1280x1024"
         EndSubSection


On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Andy Greenwood wrote:

> I haven't used X in a loooong time, but IIRC you should be able to
> just remove all the other modes from the .conf file. If there's only
> one availilbe mode, X will have to use it :-)
>
> On 8/28/06, stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm (huridelly) building a new machine to replaced my (just failed) main
>> workstation at work. I have Xorg installed, and when I type X it starts up
>> OK. KDE, and kdm work also. But, at way too high a resolution. I tried 
>> doing
>> X -configure to generate a config file, but the resultant file contains no
>> resolution settings.
>> 
>> How can I force X to run in 1280x1024 x 24 bit color mode?
>> 
>> --
>> Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity.
>> (Dennis Ritchie)
>> 
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