MHR wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > > First thought: Can you get a video driver for Linux from the > manufacturer of your card? nVidia has them, so perhaps the others do > if yours is not nVidia. > It is "VIA Technologies, Inc. CX700M2 UniChrome PRO II Graphics". OQO does not have drivers, I guess I need to check out VIA (Yom Kippur starts in a couple hours, so this will be done on friday). > Second, double check on the back of your monitor (or its manual) that > your horizontal and vertical refresh frequencies in the xorg.conf are > within tolerances and change them if not. > OK. DOn't know what the internal display is, will have to ask OQO, Will have to look at my external monitor (connected via a Belkin KVM). > Third, are you sure your video card is VESA compatible? (That one > just flashed through my head - wag.) > Yes. that is what other LInux distro users use. I have seen messages about using xvesa driver so you can use the key to turn the monitor 90degrees. But I can't find anything about an xvesa driver for Centos. > >> I then run: init 5 >> >> It comes up in 640x480 mode (according to Preferences>Screen Resolution), >> and no other mode is listed. >> >> 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! >> > > To get out of X, just log out or type <ctrl><alt><backspace> (this > works in gnome, I'm guessing it also works in kde). > > Also, you could try to reset the preference to 1026x768 before restarting X. > Where? >> The display subsection in /etc/X11/xorg.conf lists only the modes: >> "1024x768" "800x600" "600x480". >> >> > You can edit this to be anything you like, including the 800x480 or > other w/s modes. Restart X and they should take effect. > How to restart X other than init 5? thanks.