X - what are my resolution options?

[viking60]

Often when configuring Linux we discuss Xorg.conf and how to set the right resolution. Strictly spoken we do not need xorg.conf any more and initrc is sufficient etc etc.
What I often need to know when I look into the jungle of X configurations is the possible resolution options that my system can take!
So to find out:
Install xrandr (if you do nat have it already) and just write:

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xrandr

This reports even 1366x768 even if NVIDIA doesn't:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 1920 x 1200
default connected 1920x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1920x1200 60.0*
1920x1080 50.0
1680x1050 60.0
1600x1200 60.0
1600x900 75.0 60.0 50.0
1400x1050 75.0 60.0
1368x768 100.0 85.0 75.0 60.0 50.0
1360x765 100.0 85.0 75.0 60.0 50.0
1280x1024 85.0 75.0 60.0
1280x960 85.0 75.0 60.0
1280x720 120.0 100.0 85.0 75.0 60.0 50.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0 87.0
960x720 75.0 60.0
928x696 75.0 60.0
896x672 75.0 60.0
832x624 75.0
800x600 85.0 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 70.0 65.0
768x576 100.0 79.0
720x400 85.0
700x525 75.0 60.0
640x512 85.0 75.0 60.0
640x480 85.0 75.0 73.0 60.0
640x400 85.0
640x350 85.0
576x432 75.0
512x384 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0 87.0
416x312 75.0
400x300 85.0 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0
360x200 85.0
320x240 85.0 75.0 73.0 60.0
320x200 85.0
320x175 85.0

The maximum resolution is the important one of course.

[dedanna1029]

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.:[ [email protected] : 14:26:59 : ~ ]:.
:) xrander
bash: xrander: command not found
.:[ [email protected] : 14:27:01 : ~ ]:.
:) pacman -Q xrandr
error: package "xrandr" not found
.:[ [email protected] : 14:27:21 : ~ ]:.
:) su
Password:
[root@dedanna dedanna]# pacman -S xrandr
error: 'xrandr': could not find or read package
[root@dedanna dedanna]# yaourt xrandr
1 extra/libxrandr 1.3.1-1 [0.02 M] [installed]
    X11 RandR extension library
2 extra/xorg-xrandr 1.3.4-1 [0.02 M] [installed]
    Primitive command line interface to RandR extension
3 community/arandr 0.1.4-1 [0.05 M]
    Provide a simple visual front end for XRandR 1.2.
4 community/lxrandr 0.1.1-1 [0.03 M] (lxde)
    Monitor configuration tool (part of LXDE)
5 aur/arandr-git 20110131-1 (16)
    Provide a simple visual front end for XRandR 1.2.
6 aur/bgs-hg 39-1 (11)
    Imlib2 based, Xinerama/Xrandr-aware minimalist background setter (last hg
    pull)
7 aur/drandr 1-1 (0)
    a dmenu based XRandR frontend
8 aur/python-xrandr 0.1-2 (4)
    Python API for the RandR X.org extension
9 aur/synaptics-xrandr 1.2.1-1 (Out of Date) (13)
    synaptics driver for notebook touchpads, patched to support axis rotation
10 aur/xf86-input-synaptics-xrandr 1.2.1-1 (Out of Date) (4)
    synaptics driver for notebook touchpads, patched to support axis rotation
==> Enter n° of packages to be installed (ex: 1 2 3 or 1-3)
==> -------------------------------------------------------
==>

*cancels operation with Ctrl+c

[viking60]

Oh sorry wrong command above I have corrected it.
If you have xorg-xrandr installed it should work.

[dedanna1029]

Okay, got it.

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xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1280x1024      50.0*    51.0 
   1280x960       52.0 
   1152x864       53.0 
   1024x768       54.0     55.0     56.0 
   832x624        57.0 
   800x600        58.0     59.0     60.0     61.0     62.0     63.0 
   640x512        64.0     65.0 
   640x480        66.0     67.0     68.0     69.0     70.0     71.0 
   576x432        72.0 
   512x384        73.0     74.0     75.0 
   416x312        76.0 
   400x300        77.0     78.0     79.0     80.0 
   320x240        81.0     82.0     83.0