Restarting X Server
 

How do I restart the X server in RHEL 3.0?

Thanks

A ctrl-alt-backspace usually does the trick.

Thanks. I still can't get the right resolution though. If I change the display settings via the gui, it asks to restart the X server and log out. Which Ctrl+Alt Backspace does, but the screen resolution stays the same...

Try changing the default resolutions logged out of X from your XF86Config file and then startx to test it.

Ok, I edited XF86Config and added 1280x1024 to the line for resolutions. I know the video card and monitor can handle this resolution. But when I save the changes to the file and logout, log back in...its still at 800x600..

ctrl-alt-plus/minus. And can you give us the XF86Config?

you have to restart X , logout only doesn't help

I thought I restarted the X server by doing ctrl+alt+backspace? How do I restart it from the command line? I tried to find it in X --info, but no luck...

I can't cut and paste XF86Config, because the problem is on a different computer. But it looks correct according to the examples I've seen, and I only added the "1280x1024" option to the "Modes" line. The rest of the file is untouched from a clean install.

start in runlevel 2 and then configure the xf86config, and then do init 5 and see if it works,

Ok, could you give me a quick description of how to do that? And what does 'runlevel' and 'init' actually do? Sorry for the newb questions..

when lilo or grub starts, they give you options, runlevel 2, its only text mode, like command-prompt in windows, and init makes you change from a certain runlevel to another, if you start in runlevel 2, (probably when lilo start, it has a little textbox, just put a 2 ) it will start as i already said,
in text mode, change the xf86 and then do init 5 and it will change to runlevel 5 (graphic mode, ) if u want to know more, try a google search about run levels, i believe there are 6 or something like that

ok, i'll try that..thanks