)<br> <br> There were a couple of earlier messages related to this mode, that were rep= eated for the successful 1024x768, as follows. <br> <br> II) SIS(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of ra= nge)<br> (II) SIS(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/in= terlace/doublescan)<br> (II) SIS(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (vrefresh out of = range)<br> (II) SIS(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (bad mode clock/i= nterlace/doublescan)<br> <br> I'm not sure what 'no mode of this name' means, other than that it possibly does not recognize that pair as a valid screen dimension.<br> <br> Any further feedback?<br> <br> Thanks again,<br> <br> Charlie<br> <br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 1/27/06, <b class=3D"gmail_senderna= me">Eric van Gyzen</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:eric at vangyzen.net" target=3D"_= blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">eric at vangyz= en.net </a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-lef= t: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1= ex;"> Charlie O wrote:<br>> I am running Slackware 10.1. I just got a new moni= tor, and am trying to<br>> change the default screen res.<br>><br>>= ; I went in and edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and put in the new horizontal <br>> and vertical refresh rates, and added the new, "1280x1024&quo= t; to the Modes<br>> line for each defined Display subsection.<br>><b= r>> I have restarted the machine, several times by now.<br>><br> > When I pull up KDE Control Center, the maximum screen res is the old <br>> 1024x768. Running the command xdpyinfo shows the same.<br><br>The = first step in troubleshooting anything is to check the logs.<br><br>Look in= /var/log for something like Xorg.0.log. In that file, look for<= br>lines like: <br><br> Not using default mode "1280x1024&quo= t; (_reason_)<br><br>where _reason_ is something like "hsync out of ra= nge", "insufficient<br>memory for mode", or "it smells = funny".<br> <br>The few lines before and after those might also be helpful.<br><br>Asyn= chronously,<br><br>Eric<br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_4240_296527.1138399270915--