Help please, change display rez?
 

How can I change the resolution of the display, using RedHat 7.0. When in xwindows several of the windows are very large and run off the display area so I can't get to the ok, cancel buttons. etc.

I've tried the ctl, alt, +, nothing happens, how can i get the higher rez to load? would be nice to go to 800x600 true color.

OK. Try pressing CTRL and ALT and then either the grey + or - key on your numpad thing on the right handside of the keyboard.

Yep, thats right but if you dont have the screen modes listed in the XF86Config-4 file then it wont work right, it will backfire into the previous mode.

ctl, alt, + or - don't work, so how do i get the modes listed so they will work,

rick

Here's the important bit:Here's a little bit of home-brewed advice (I've had X problems before new, too):

Ensure that unless you really need to, you do not have X start on boot. You want it to give you a text mode login. That way, you can login and type startx to get X started (fairly obvious, that one). Here's why I found it to be so much more useful. If you find that X stops, but you can still get to the other 'virtual consoles' (by pressing ctrl+alt+f1, f2, f3, etc) then you can go back to the original console you were at before you typed startx (usually f1) and you can see X running (or at least the commands it's passing). All you need to do is press ctrl+c to stop it.

I found that it's a god send when you're trying to do things like install the new NVidia drivers.

Oh, you might want to get used to a text mode editor aswell. Personally I like jed, but there seems to be a remarkably large camp that it vi/vim all the way.

Just had this same isue with my system. Run Xconfigurator, if you don't know the exact specs of your monitor like I didn't, take you best guess and it should eventually work.

I'm beginning to hate Linux, is there no actual how to book? Something as simple as changing the screen resolution should not require a PHD in computer sience to do. I agree that Mickysoft sucks, but at least the simple minded can do the simple stuff on the real Windows....

there are plenty of books on linux and if you bought a retail version I'm sure you would have received a book. Did you even try using that nifty feature called help? For me, the obstacles is what make something new fun, also gives you skills to fix other problems thay may arise.

go to half.com, search for linux under books and see how many hits you get.

Do you have a nvidia Card and if so is the Driver loaded

Piratetrader

1) Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Then under the "Section "Screen" check what is the default depth.
For me it is DefaultDepth 24
Then find the subsection display with the default depth you have
and under modes add the resolution of your screen. For me I added the
as shown with bolded letters below

SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

Then save ... reboot ..and problem fixed

Good advice - except vi(m) is likely to be horrendously frustrating for those who haven't used it before, and just want to change a few lines in a file. If you're used to it, great, or if you have another favourite command-line editor, use that.

If you don't have a favourite editor, it's time to get one. Pretty much everything in Linux can be (and is) controlled by text configuration files, and it's not always practical to use graphical editors. Editors that are supposedly easy to pick up include pico and nano, though if you're willing to put in a little learning time, vim becomes increasingly useful (plus vi is guaranteed to be installed on any UNIX, wherever you are). Or you could learn to use emacs, but as a vim user, that's the dark side. ;) (There's a big holy war between vim and emacs users, avoid if at all possible!)