[CentOS] CentOS 5.2 nVidia GeForce 7300GS resolution problem

Mon May 11 21:37:43 UTC 2009
JohnS <jses27 at gmail.com>

On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 21:25 +0100, Dick Holland wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:36 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 19:26 +0100, Dick Holland wrote:
> > > I have a Gigabyte nVidia GeForce 7300GS on an Intel DG965WHMKR mobo
> > > attached to an LG Flatron LG204WT widescreen monitor. I'm driving the
> > > monitor at 1680*1050, and the picture is compressed into the right-hand
> > > two-thirds of the screen. 
> > > 
> > > The monitor is OK as it's attached via a KVM switch to another machine -
> > > also with an nVidia card - and it displays perfectly on that.
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KVM Switch? Drop down to "init 3". Bring up a shell window to do so.
Reconfigure X. init 3 is runlevel 3.

I had a machine with a nvidia card in it and added in a KVM Switch and
then X would not even boot. Removed the kvm and no problems. So I had to
reconfigure X to work with it.

JohnStanley