Hi,
I would modify the X config using vi and not using this clicky
applet ... anyway, I would check your X config in general, if you are
able to setup resolutions which are not healthy for your screen ...
Cheers
Alex
On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 15:48 +0000, Rob MacKay wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm having a problem with my newly installed system, and need some guidance.
> Any help or direction would be appreciated.
>
> My system is a PII 350 with riva128 on board. I've configured Xorg and it's
> mostly working ok. My own login is fine once I changed the resolution using
> preferences>screen resolution. The signon screen and root login screen,
> however, are both stuck on 1280X960 and my monitor (Benq 15" flat panel)
> complains about it. It shows the screen, but says "out of range" on the
> screen. When I got into root login and change the resolution, it stays for
> that session, but when I log out and back in ... it's changed back to
> 1280X960 (I want 1024X768).
>
> Perhaps related is the fact that I can't seem to open display configuration
> from the menu. When I attempt to manually run it from the terminal, I get
> 5-6 error messages. I think that it may be because the display
> configuration is for Xfree86 where FC3 uses Xorg (though admittedly I have
> little idea what I'm talking about).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rob
>
>
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