(II) SIS(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name) There were a couple of earlier messages related to this mode, that were repeated for the successful 1024x768, as follows. II) SIS(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range) (II) SIS(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) SIS(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (vrefresh out of range) (II) SIS(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) 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. Any further feedback? Thanks again, Charlie On 1/27/06, Eric van Gyzen <eric at vangyzen.net> wrote: > > Charlie O wrote: > > I am running Slackware 10.1. I just got a new monitor, and am trying to > > change the default screen res. > > > > I went in and edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and put in the new horizontal > > and vertical refresh rates, and added the new, "1280x1024" to the Modes > > line for each defined Display subsection. > > > > I have restarted the machine, several times by now. > > > > When I pull up KDE Control Center, the maximum screen res is the old > > 1024x768. Running the command xdpyinfo shows the same. > > The first step in troubleshooting anything is to check the logs. > > Look in /var/log for something like Xorg.0.log. In that file, look for > lines like: > > Not using default mode "1280x1024" (_reason_) > > where _reason_ is something like "hsync out of range", "insufficient > memory for mode", or "it smells funny". > > The few lines before and after those might also be helpful. > > Asynchronously, > > Eric > ------=_Part_4240_296527.1138399270915 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline First of all thank you both for helping,<br> <br>