Hatalar205 at 08:23, 22 June 2011

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==For LiveCD==
1. At startup prompt, Press F5 <br />
2. Add either:
gentoo res=(width pixels)x(height pixels)
or
smp res=(width pixels)x(height pixels)

{{Note|This solution is mainly for the live disk but can continue to be used after the installation, although the method below is highly recommended instead}}

==For Hard Drive Install (Editing the xorg.conf file)==

{{Warning| The xorg.conf file is a very important configuration file,''' please be careful when editing it''' as doing it incorrectly may leave you without X at all.}}

===Using GUI (Point & Click)===
1. Open a terminal (Terminal in Gnome, Konsole in KDE or your terminal of choice)
su

2. Enter your root password.

3. Run Your text editor

gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

4. Under the Screen & Monitor section find the resolution modes Line (the default lines are 190, 196,202) which normal looks like:
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

5. Add the resolution you want after the Modes before the first resolution in this case, before "1280x1024". The format of a resolution is widthxheight, eg 1400x1050, 1280x800, etc

6. Save your xorg.conf file using File > Save or Ctrl-S

7. Close your editor.

10. Restart X, by using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (save all Work first)

===Using Command Line===
1. Open up a Terminal, run
su

2. Enter your root password when prompted.

3. Type the name of your favourite console or GUI editor followed by /etc/X11/xorg.conf. eg
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

4. Under the Screen & Monitor section find the resolution modes Line (the default lines are 190, 196,202) which normal looks like:
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

5. Add the resolution you want after the Modes before the first resolution in this case, before "1280x1024". The format of a resolution is widthxheight, eg 1400x1050, 1280x800, etc

6. Save your xorg.conf file using relevant shortcut.

7. Close your editor.

8. Restart X, by using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (save all Work first)

==Setting a Non-Default Custom Resolution==
Optional: If you require a custom resolution that isn't normally supported by default X.org, then you may need to add a ModeLine, for more information on this
man xorg.conf
in a shell or use
man:/xorg.conf
in konqueror.

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Hatalar205 at 08:23, 22 June 2011