On Tuesday 13 September 2005 15:42, Thomas W. Cranston wrote: > The last time I booted FC3 up, the display was verticaly compressed to > about 2-3" > > I had previously looked at the video settings while in gui mode using > the system settings display application. I was not logged on as root, > but had to use su password to see the settings. Which gui are you using (kde, gnome, other)? In kde, under menu > system settings > display, you do have to enter the root password, is that what you mean? Or are you trying to perform "su"? > I made no changes, but got a message that I would have to re boot to > save changes (which I had not knowlingly made) > In kde, after viewing/changing the display settings, there are only two choices, either "cancel" or "OK". Cancel won't save anything. OK will make changes in the appropriate files but should only need a service restart, not a reboot. Not sure about gnome, don't use it. > I can increase the vertical disply using the wheels under the monitor > enough to increase the display to about 4", so that I can read whats on > the display. > > I used the Find application, and File Browser to locate the files > /etc/X11/xorg.conf and the original configuration saved as > /etc/X11/xorg.backup > > I set view to show hidden files, and got the message that the files > could not be found. > > I next re booted and logged on as root, but got the same message. > > I then clicked on the computer icon, and then the file icon and found > those files. > > I printed them out, and compared them line for line, and found no > differences, indicating that nothing had been changed. > > I next booted a live cd, and it displayed its desktop correctly.(not > compressed vertically) > This shows that the problem is not with the hardware since a different distro worked properly. > ViewSonic 5E Monitor settings: > Hsync 31 - 60 > Vrefresh 50 - 90 > > Videocard0 > Matrox Millennium G400 > > How do I get FC3 to display normally? It won't help you this time, but for the future, it would be a good idea to always make a backup of /etc to a CD or second harddrive. This will allow you something to go back to or to verify from. HTH, Tom -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA Iraq war: 1,896 and counting
