Fedora: How to get a resolution of 800 x 480

[statik213]

Still new to *nix, scared to mess with xorg.conf...
I see a section like this:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

I'm guessing I would add the 800x480 here, right? But not sure how to make that the active setting, do I need to modify the section below?
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Not sure waht to change.... Not even sure if my vid. card hardware is capable of 800x480 but I've heard of software for windows that can do almost any res w/ any vid. card.....

 

[bersl2]

Change "800x600" to "800x480". Restart X.

I'm pretty sure all the drivers can handle that.

 

[statik213]

If the drivers fail, I should still be able to edit xorg.conf via SSH right?

 

[P0ldy]

What is it, a remote server? If so, why even use X? Either way, remote or local, yes you can either SSH or change runlevels and correct the problem with nano or some cli editing tool.

 

[statik213]

It's not a remote server, but I have SSH running 'cos I need to access it from other terminals sometimes to monitor things....

 

[Nothinman]

If it fails X won't start and you'll be left at the command-line, no need for SSH.

 

[bersl2]

Yes, you can edit it through SSH. But, I just need to do a quick sanity check, because it isn't quite clear from your answers that you get this.

You do know that X is absolutely peripheral to the system, and that if X ever fails to load, you can usually (check with /etc/inittab to be sure) bring up a console in text mode and fix it locally?

Just making sure.

 

[statik213]

Well, still new to linux and I was pretty sure that the command line would come up (or cycling through ctrl+alt+f1-12 will get me to a command line.... there are other reasons why SSH is better for me given the setup of this particular machine -- limited keyboard functionality etc...

anywayz, thx all for the help, switched to 800x480 and it looks & works great!