How do I fix a monitor resolution problem?

[Michael Shaw]

Thank you for the feedback.  It seems to me that in order to check for all
the things you suggest it implys I have a functioning linux systems to to
perform them.  A functioning linux system is what I don't have.  Am I
missing something?

Michael Shaw
dbwizzard at kc.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: How do I fix a monitor resolution problem?

> Don't you love hardware autodetection?  It makes life so much easier...
>
> A couple of things you can try:  Look to see if RedHat's hardware
"wizard" - I
> think it's "Anaconda" - made backups of the XF86Config file - /etc/X11/
> XF86Config.  Look for text-based configuration tools to re-write the
file - I
> don't remember what RH is calling theirs now, but look for binaries that
> begin with "x" and have "cfg" or "config" in the name.
>
> It sounds like there's a pretty serious hardware conflict in your system.
I
> would check for a BIOS update, and run any BIOS hardware detection/
> configuration routines to see if that helps at all.  Check any settings
there
> to make sure they make sense for your hardware.
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