Resolution on LXDE Higher than 1554x984?

[D.E.L.B.]

Hey,

For some reason I can't seem to get the resolution to go to my desired resolution of my monitor, which is: 1680x1050.

I've tried looking for the xorg.conf file but I can't seem to find that, and I've also tried to force the resolution with config.txt, but that seems to have made no difference with LXDE.

Any suggestions, please?

[dom]

It's overscan adjustment.
http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting# ... D_monitors

[D.E.L.B.]

Thanks!

For all those who have a Samsung 19" monitor, then these are the settings that I used:

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overscan_top=-45
overscan_bottom=-45
overscan_left=-45
overscan_right=-45

[D.E.L.B.]

I'd also like to say that at first I thought when you installed Debian onto the SD card, it would have a config.txt on there, but it turns out you have to create the config.txt file yourself with a text editor like "Notepad" on Windows... or with "Nano" on Linux.

With "Notepad" it's quite simple, open it up, add the above ^^ settings to the file, save it as > config.txt.

Then with doing it on Linux on bootup within the CLI, use:
"sudo nano /boot/config.txt" - a blank area of that file will be present.

Enter the above settings ^^, press CTRL+O at the same time, then it will save. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot the Pi.

[AndrewS]

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot the Pi.

It's generally considered better to do a "sudo reboot" (since that also works over e.g. SSH)