[CentOS] display resolution

Tue Jan 15 07:36:34 UTC 2008
Vincent Knecht <vknecht at club-internet.fr>

> On Jan 1, 2008 6:15 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>
> sorry to bring up this old thread.
> i just have time to try this again.
>
> i boot up puppy linux from usb and copy the xorg.conf from it.
> puppy can display 1024x768 resolution in my hardware.
> but after i copy the working xorg.conf from puppy into centos,
> the centos X just wont start at all.
>
> below attached the xorg.conf content from puppy linux for your review.
>
> so anything i can correct to make it work on centos 5.1???
>
> tia.

Just a guess: perhaps you need that utility to "fix" the gfx card's bios ?
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/915resolution/

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