Hi I have just installed Zencafe and it looks to be working good but I can only get a screen resolution up to 800x600, how can I increase this please?

I am hoping to install this on every pc in my friends internet cafe as it seems to be the easiest option, so I may have more questions soon

Please give the details abt ur vga chip?
What driver its using now, is it i910, intel, nvidia, ati, etc?

Namaste, the mobo is the Asrock K8NF4G-SATA2 so the chip is NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 chipset. With the fresh install I checked the xorg.conf file and it is using the generic "vesa" driver.

I read the thread HERE but am still unsure as what to do. When I opened the xorg.conf file there were hashes all down the left, am I supposed to remove the one next to where it lists the screen resolutions? For instance lets say it says:

# 800x600

should that hash be removed in the file? I have a few different PCs to setup, will I need to find individual linux drivers for each one?

Many questions, thanks for any help.

Hi, here is a copy of what is in the xorg.conf file in case it helps:


# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by videoconfig, the Zenwalk X Configurator.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command from runlevel 3:
# videoconfig


# Files ( File pathnames )
#_______________________________________________________________________


# ServerFlags ( Server flags )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "ServerFlags"
# Option "NoTrapSignals"
# Option "DontVTSwitch"
Option "DontZap" "off"
# Option "DontZoom"
# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"
# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
# Option "DisableModInDev"
# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
# Option "blank time" "10" # 10 minutes
# Option "standby time" "20"
# Option "suspend time" "30"
# Option "off time" "60"
# Option "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"
Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Module section ( Dynamically loadable modules )
#_______________________________________________________________________


# Extensions ( Extension enabling )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection


# InputDevice ( Input device description )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# Option "XkbDisable"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
# Option "XkbVariant" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# Option "ChordMiddle"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Pad1"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Device" "/dev/tp1"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
# Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
# Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1"
# Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
# Option "RightEdge" "5300"
# Option "TopEdge" "1700"
# Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
# Option "FingerLow" "25"
# Option "FingerHigh" "30"
# Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
# Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
# Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
# Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
# Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
# Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection


# Device ( Graphics device description )
#_______________________________________________________________________

# Any number of graphic devices sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
# VendorName "Unknown Vendor"
# BoardName ""
# Driver "vesa"
# BusID ""
# Option "RenderAccel" "true"
# Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "on"
EndSection


# Monitor ( Monitor description )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"

# Modeline "1280x1024_60.020" 108.000000 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +HSync +VSync

# HorizSync 30-82
# VertRefresh 56-76
#
# Option "DPMS"
# Option "ReducedBlanking"

EndSection


# Screen ( Screen configuration )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Zenwalk"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"

DefaultDepth 24

# Subsection "Display"
# Depth 8
# Modes "1280x1024_60.020" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1200x900" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x600" "854x480" "848x480" "800x600"
# EndSubsection
# Subsection "Display"
# Depth 16
# Modes "1280x1024_60.020" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1200x900" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x600" "854x480" "848x480" "800x600"
# EndSubsection
# Subsection "Display"
# Depth 24
# Modes "1280x1024_60.020" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1200x900" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x600" "854x480" "848x480" "800x600"
# EndSubsection
# Subsection "Display"
# Depth 32
# Modes "1280x1024_60.020" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x720" "1200x900" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x600" "854x480" "848x480" "800x600"
# EndSubsection
EndSection


# ServerLayout ( Overall layout )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Zenwalk"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Pad1" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection


# DRI ( DRI-specific configuration )
#_______________________________________________________________________

Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
Mode 0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
# Group 100 # users
EndSection

Just nvidia package of REPO via netpkg tool.

use

netpkg nvidia

Hi thanks for the reply. I did as you said and it seemed to have installed ok, when I restarted I had to click ok for the nvidia agreement etc. But still my highest option under etc/Display is 800x600 any further ideas? Maybe I try to install nvidia again?

Did u use the nvidia-settings tool? Launch it via nvidia-settings command or go to XFCE Menu -> Settings -> Nvidia X settings

Hi thanks. I tried as you said and it says to run nvidia-xconfig as root because I "do not appear to be using the nVidia driver". So I did that under root and it says there is an error in xorg.conf and that the "device section 'videocard1' must have a driver line". Any help appreciated thanks.

Remove the # mark at the beginning of the line
in your xorg.conf and try nvidia-xconfig again.
The # mark makes the line into a comment, which is ignored.

if aurlaent tip does not work
remove, delete etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot
just simple do not use xorg.conf
Sometimes nvidia drivers need kernel-sources to be installed but the nvidia installer should tell you.

Thanks for the replies, I will try what you both said (in order of response) and let you know if it works.