Yes, as mentioned below, I edited /etc/inittab from rescue mode, and changed it to run level 3. And the screen still went black upon reboot. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Eduardo Grosclaude" <eduardo.grosclaude at gmail.com> > On 3/6/07, techlists at comcast.net <techlists at comcast.net> wrote: > > I have a CentOS 4.3 workstation I use for experimentation on my desk at work. > It was plugged into an old LG 14" monitor, and I switched the video cable to a > Samsung 17" LCD without rebooting. > > > > The screen resolution was set to 800x600 on the 14" monitor, and the display > worked fine at 800x600 after switching to the Samsung 17". When I changed the > resolution to 1024x764, the screen went black and I haven't been able to get it > back again. > > > > I hoped rebooting and having the system search for new hardware would adjust > the display driver to the correct monitor but it didn't. I booted with CD1 in > rescue mode and changed /etc/inittab to start in command line mode (3), but the > screen still goes black after going through some initial boot processes. > > > > I suspect the issue is driver related, rather than screen resolution related. > When I initially went to change the resolution, it recognized the monitor as a > generic VGA, and I changed the monitor type to Samsung Syncmaster 711T at the > same time as changing the resolution. > > > > How can I get the system to recognize the new monitor? > Did you try booting in runlevel <= 3 and then system-config-display > --reconfig? If that works, you could set display as vanilla as you can > and then start your customisation over. > Also you can peek at several options with system-config-display --help > > > -- > Eduardo Grosclaude > Universidad Nacional del Comahue > Neuquen, Argentina > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos