So i finally have a linux distro thats good for me (Fedora core 8) and i was looking to setup beryl but it wasnt listed when i searched the list of apps to install, i got compiz to work, but my screen is locked at 640x480 when i used the vendor supplied drivers for my 8800gts (that is the REAL problem) none of the methods i read worked for me to fix this, i tried xandre or something like that. tried editing xorg.conf, no luck. any help would really be appreciated. thanks (i have x86, 8800gts 640mb, 2gb ram at 800mhz, core 2 duo at 2.3ghz)
Don't know fedora, but I do know a little about xorg. Here is an example from an nvidia equipped system. Code: Section "Device" Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]" Driver "nv" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "986FS" Option "DPMS" UseModes "Modes[0]" HorizSync 30-68 VertRefresh 50-160 EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1152x864" 79.16 1152 1192 1288 1472 864 864 866 896 +hsync +vsync EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]" Monitor "986FS" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Now IF you know your graphics card spec and your monitor capablilities, plus which driver and it's enabled modes you should be able to force a higher resolution. (hope you kept the books, or are good with manufacturers sites) It could be that there is something wrong with your driver install, so the system is running default xvesa vga mode.
