On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 16:22 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > <snip> > >> Section "Monitor" > >> Identifier "Monitor0" > >> ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768" > >> ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > >> HorizSync 31.5 - 48.0 > >> VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 > >> Option "dpms" > >> EndSection I would try eliminating the sync/refresh/dpms as a starting point to just see if things will work at a basic level. > >> <snip> > > > > Regardless, even if needed, try what I show below. > > <snip> > > > > My "Screen" section looks like this. Watch out for the line wrap on > > "Modes". > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Videocard0" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" > > "640x480" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > > Something is really not working.... > > I have changed inittab to: id:3:initdefault: > > I am logged in as root, and run: system-config-display --reconfig > > I go into the Hardware tab. There I see it lists my video card; when I > go into configure the video card, it shows VESA (my video card is not a > listed card). For the monitor type, I select LCD Monitor 1280x1024. > Back to the Settings tab, I select 1024x768. I click on OK to save all > this, and system-config-display ends. I've not used the GUI setup stuff, so I have no thoughts on it. When you get done futzing around with that, does your xorg.conf have multiple resolutions in it? > > I then run: init 5 > > It comes up in 640x480 mode (according to Preferences>Screen > Resolution), and no other mode is listed. Again, GUI me no help to you. You might want to try manually editing the xorg.conf to look similar to what I showed as a starting point. Get rid of the sync lines in the monitor section and see if it still works at a basic level, at least. > > I go to Administration>Display, where it lists the current mode as > 640x480, I select 1024x768 and click on OK (can barely see the OK > button). I open a terminal window and run init 3 to get me out of X. I > run init 5 again. The login screen is at a higher resolution than > before, but once I log in as root, it is back to 640x480! > > The display subsection in /etc/X11/xorg.conf lists only the modes: > "1024x768" "800x600" "600x480". OK. Now if you hit <CTL><ALT><NUM+ or NUM-> does it change resolutions? > > In the standard XP that comes with the units, the default resolution is > 800x480 and you can increase that and use the capacitor scroll bars to > scroll the screen. > > help.... I really know only a little about this stuff. My normal procedure is to *manually* set stuff up (after running the normal kudzu/system-config* stuff) to get what I want installed. For me, debugging is much easier when the details are not hidden. So manually setting things up, and changing them, helps provide transparency. > <snip sig stuff> ISTR that there are some config files under $HOME that have settings that are used when X is started up (but last time I looked, it was X11R6). Maybe there is something under some of those dirs? Sorry I can't help more. -- Bill