startx shouls work. When I boot into run level 3, I can use startx and it brings me up at the right resolution. My nvidia card is a slightly older model though (GeForce 6800 XT) and I'm not running the latest driver. Tom Browder wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Mark Pryor <tlviewer at yahoo.com> wrote: > ... >> the desired resolution should be 1280x1020 (19 inch). Your X config needs a modeline for that resolution. > > Thanks, Mark, but the mode line was there. Apparently there are two > problems (I finally got a clue in the xorg log file): > > 1. The R913J (not R943J) digital mode seems not to be compatible with > the Nvidia drivers for some reason. > > 2. I was using startx to test as I was used to doing in the old days. > The log file mentioned lost contact with gdm so I entered "gdm" > instead of "startx" and got the desired resolution! > > Now I have another problem: somehow in my putzing around the monitor > has taken on a blue hue both in the startup vga mode and the full-up > Nvidia X mode. Any ideas about that? > > I haven't done a hard reboot yet and hope that clears it up--but I'm > putting that off until tomorrow morning. > > Regards, > > -Tom > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos