Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 163

12.1.1 Screen Section
The screen section combines a monitor with a device section and determines the reso-
lution and color depth to use. A screen section might resemble
Section of the File /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Example 12.1 Screen Section of the File /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
Virtual 1152x864
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection
Section determines the section type, in this case Screen.
DefaultDepth determines the color depth to use by default unless another
color depth is explicitly specified.
For each color depth, different Display subsections are specified.
Depth determines the color depth to be used with this set of Display settings.
Possible values are 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32, though not all of these might be sup-
ported by all X server modules or resolutions.
The Modes section comprises a list of possible screen resolutions. The list is
checked by the X server from left to right. For each resolution, the X server
searches for a suitable Modeline in the Modes section. The Modeline depends
(page 149).
Example 12.1, "Screen
The X Window System 149