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31Oct/091

Increasing screen resolution in VNC on X

When connecting to a server without a monitor by VNC, X won't allow you to select screen resolution higher than 640x480 on next restart. This can be easily fixed:

Open /etx/X11/xorg.conf using a text editor (pico /etx/X11/xorg.conf) and add these two lines in the Monitor section of the config file:

HorizSync 31-95
VertRefresh 50-60

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