[CentOS] display resolution

Tue Jan 1 11:15:26 UTC 2008
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

dny wrote:
> On Dec 31, 2007 12:25 AM, Bart Schaefer <barton.schaefer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Were you able to select your monitor from the list or are you choosing
>> some kind of generic monitor?
>>
>> Move your existing xorg.conf out of the way before running
>> system-config-display so that it's forced to start from scratch.  It
>> probably got the wrong HorizSync and VertRefresh values.
>>
>> If that doesn't work you'll need to find a manual or other description
>> of your monitor and set HorizSync and VertRefresh and possibly a
>> couple of Modeline entries by hand.
>>
> 
> yes. i removed xorg.conf to generate it from scratch. i selected
> generic 1024x768 monitor.
> still cant get 1024x768 to work.
> on some other distro and livecd i can even get 1280x1024.

SO ... rsync that xorg.conf file off that machine (or copy it to the
hard drive somewhere if the live CD can do that) and use it in CentOS-5.

It should be interchangeable.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes

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