How to get higher Screen resolutions!

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.... so, just reboot the computer

Well, that's not gonna help me much then, since I'm running Knoppix as it was intended from a Live CD.

hi;
I just accomplished this using only the LiveCD (Knoppix v3.6 - using 2.6kernel)
Here's what I had to do;
- click K menu (start) | Run Command
- kxconfig (no need to run as root)
- Video Card -> forward
- Monitor (my exact Monitor wasn't listed, but I choose a 'similar' one and entered the correct hor. sync nd vert. refresh rates).
- Screen Setup
-- Choose Resolution (mine=1280x1024)
-- Choose Vertical Refesh (mine=75Hz)
-- Choose Color Depth (mine=24)
select QUIT
Then a popup screen appears saying it'll save your config if you like -- Save it
Then another popup telling you - you must End the session in order to take effect (Logoff)
...1st Save knoppix configuration as described below, and then either shutdown or restart

Save Config;
Click on the (Knoppix) penguin icon on the quick lauch bar | Configure | Save Knoppix configuration
When prompted you choose 'what' to save, ... and then 'where'

What = 4-5 tick boxes are already ticked (default)- I also tick the Desktop one (the only one not ticked - though likely not necessary)

Where = I have multiple partitions on the HDD I'm using - so I'm offered to save to any of the partitions (/mnt/hda1, /mnt/hda5, whatever)
You can also just 'save the config' to a Floppy diskette if you prefer instead
Take a good look at the Command needed to Load your config at boot time (mine is Knoppix26 myconfig=/mnt/hda5) this is the location I chose to save my configuration files
Once you've saved the config - you can now logoff (End session) - but preferably Restart or Shutdown, so you can Load your now saved configuration.
BTW - afaik, there's only 2 files saved from the "save knoppix config" action -- configs.tbz and knoppix.sh - so when you load the command at Boot time (again for me it's knoppix26 myconfig=/mnt/hda5) - you can use [scan] instead, but I have multiple configs saved for loading and testing

Here's the small catch - by only just logging off, you are not rebooting and you will need to reboot completely to Load your config - so you may want to practice with saving and rebooting into your "saved knoppix configuration" a few times just to get the hang of it and make sure it actually takes affect and works.

Previous to finding this forum, I've saved my KDE settings I customized along with my custom Mozilla settings, etc...I'm basically a n00b to linux, but a very no-MS person, as much as possible.

NOW - once you've got that down pat
Once booted and loaded with your Config
go K menu | Settings | Control Center (allow it to load) | choose Peripherals branch | Display and set the Display Properties accordingly (before I used kxconfig, onlysettings as high as 1024x768 were available - now though, my 1280x1024 appears for choosing and Apply) then once again -- Penguin icon (Knoppix quick launch bar) | Configure | Save Knoppix configuration. Anytime you make changes to preferences or settings Save them. When trying experimental settings - save them somewhere else

I tried to make it simple, but it doesn't look like it - so perhaps working backwards in this response may bring better results for you

update;
Well i did get a couple of 640x screens lately -- it seems the kxconfig command needs to be configured wholly everytime you open it...b/c I'm back now to 1280x1024 - yet everytime i open kxconfig - it shows 640x480