> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Phil Schaffner > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:35 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Fun with CentOS and Windows > > You should be able to get better resolution without installing the > proprietary nvidia driver. Sounds like your monitor is not being > automatically recognized. Should be able to run system-config-display > (from runlevel 3) as root and set the monitor type in the Hardware tab. > Should then see higher resolutions available. Set the resolution you > want, exit system-config-display, and then "telinit 5" to get back to > the GUI login. > Well, actually, after I installed the NVIDIA driver, I reset the monitor type to something like Generic 1600x1200 and ran with that for a while, but it didn't behave properly. After anywhere from 15-30 minutes of running, it would scramble all new window data and only refresh buttons I moved the mouse over. I changed it to Generic 1280x1024 and so far have not had any problems, but I haven't run on it all that long, either. So I don't really know if the driver helped or not. > If you still want the proprietary nvidia driver, nothing wrong with > Winter's fine advice, but would like to suggest another alternative that > applies at this point. Skip downloading the nvidia drivers and instead > enable ATrpms repo, being sure you first set up the > yum-plugin-protectbase to keep from clobbering core packages. Please remind me how to do that - I did it here at work but forgot how (for home). I'll have to decrypt the rest of your post - it's too technical for me to delve into at the moment, but thanks for all of it. mhr