On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 20:26:25 -0700, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 19:45 -0700, Stephen King wrote: > > Thanks Kam > > I'm new at this and not sure where to start. > > I am running a Dell PIII 1.1 GHz with 512 MbRam 2 hard drives and > > integrated audio/video. The video chip is Intel 810 > > I think the problem is with my video resolution. I inadvertently set it > > too high for my card. I think the maximum resolution is 1248x1024 > > I dont know enough about this to change the resolution via a terminal > > and when I try to bring up system settings, the monitor goes wacky. I > > suppose I could just reinstall Fedora and hope I can change the > > resolution in the process?? > ---- > with Linux, you shouldn't have to reboot for most stuff, let alone re- > install. > > Press Control-Alt-F2 > login as root > type... > > telinit 3 > system-config-display --reconfig > > When you get the resolution to where you want... > telinit 5 > > Craig > Check the color depth setting. Max res and true (24-bit) color will slow down your system.
