11.2. XFDrake: Modify your hardware settings for the display

This is a more advanced tool, compared to Xdrakres, since Xdrakres only allows to change the resolution and depth. XFDrake offers a menu to even modify the screen or video card in use. In fact, Xdrakres is only one of the options proposed through XFDrake.

Change monitor

This option will display a tree with all major monitor brands and models. First expand the branch corresponding to your monitor brand, then choose in it the model you are using.

Change video card

Same principle, choose your brand and video card model.

Change resolution

This choice simply opens Xdrakres: Change the resolution of your display.

Automatic resolutions search

When clicking on this choice, the program will try many resolutions on your display. That is why you will see it blinking various times. Then it'll display the Xdrakres main window figure 11-3 with all acceptable modes on your specific system.

Show information

This is a simple window summing up the current hardware choices,

Figure 11-5. The XFDrake information window

Test again

It is recommended that you make a final test of your configuration before closing XFDrake; this will ensure you'll have no problem when rebooting the graphical server.


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