Ok here is the problem. I have redhat 9 installed on a

AMD Athalon 750
Asus Motherboard
256MB Ram
20 Gig hard drive
Ati Rage 128 32MB Vid card

i went into display and set my screen resolution up to 1024x768
no i cant see anything screen is all funky. the problem i have is how to i get it back down so i can see again? I cant do it graphically since i cant see crap. So is there another way to return it to 800x600 so i can see again? Or do i have tho reinstall and loose all the stuff i have done up till this point?


Thnx
Tink

Yes i am a newb. So please help......

anyone?????????

I don't use Redhat but is there any way you can get to a commandline? From there you should be able to alter your XF86config - which includes graphics options (do su then type xf86cong or xf86config-4 although you may have to be in /etc/X11).

If you can't to this (ie get to the command line at all) then there might be various options with booting from the install cd (cd 1). Also, members who post on the Red Hat part of this forum might be more helpful than me

-Chris

thank you ill check out that part of the forum as well.
i will also chek out the first cd

You can also cycle through your allowed screen resolutions from the keyboard. While holding down the CTRL and ALT keys, use the + and - on the keypad to change either up or down in resolution.

you could possibly try:

# X -configure

Can't you just go to Applications--> Desktop Preferences--> Screen Resolution and choose the 800x600 option and save settings upon logout? Or you could edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config.

You could try hitting CTRL+ALT+F1(or F2, or whatever, up to F6), then edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file to remove the offending resolution. It might also be /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, depending on how Redhat does things. Ideally, you'd also want to shutdown X windows. I don't know how to do it in Redhat, but usually you run the init script for you login manager(gdm,kdm,whatever) with the stop command.

In Gentoo, for example(It might be similar in Redhat), it would be something like:
/etc/init.d/gdm stop

In the worst case scenario, you'll just have to rebuild your XF86Config file. There might be a tool to do so in /usr/X11R6/bin called xf86config that can get the job done for you. I'm pretty unsure about most of this though, as it's been a long time since I've used Redhat, and I don't quite remember how all their stuff is laid out.

To expand on what Brane Dead was saying:

The best way to fix this problem is:

1- hit Ctl+Alt+F1 you will then get a non-graphical window.

2- login as root

3- run "init 3", this will kill X

4- run "redhat-config-xfree" and set you resolution to somehitng lower.

thanks guys this was great.