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hey guys a stupid newbi question but how do you change the resolution of your monitor under redhat 9 ? :D

Actually that question is not stupid...believe me I know..took me a week to figure out the simple answer.Anyway.... Run "xf86config" or "xf86config" and follow the on screen instructions.Thats the simplest way....you could always edit your /etc/XF86Config file but thats pretty complicated for a newbie :). Remeber to backup your old copy of XF86Config before doing anything with your resolution. Have fun. :D

Regards
WB

hehe thanks mate another question i have is ...

i have just insatlled Icewm from rpm with all the files needed but it doesnt show it in the session type how do i use it ???

thanks

running redhat 9

You asked that question and I answered it here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=132461

Icewm huh? Cool thats what I use...:) .What I do is edit my $HOME/.xinitrc file ...
So that it looks like the following...


exec icewm


Then run startx and everything should work. Dont forget to backup your .xinitrc first :D.

Regards

WB

To do that you have to switch to runlevel 3 in /etc/inittab

Hmmm...didn't know anythign about that....I'll have to check and see if mine is set automatically. Cause it works everytime. I thought maybe it was because I'm always logged in as root. But I checked and it works for a normal user too....Hmmm sorry I thought it was a universal fix.

If you boot to a command line and typing startx you are in runlevel 3. He is booting into graphical mode with gdm which is runlevel 5.

Ahhhhh....I understand.....His post didn't make that clear.....sorry ppls.My bad.
So how to add sessions....i dont have yabotae clue :/
Sorry.

Create a file with the window managers name in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions with the following lines

#!/bin/bash
exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession window_manager

For example, to add icewm:

vim /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/IceWM

and put in it:

#!/bin/bash
exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession icewm

Cool....thats pretty simple..Well thanks darthux I'll remeber that...as a matter of fact I'm gonna do it in 10 mins after writing this..:D. Why couldn't i have thought of that?.....

YABOTAE!

WB