Hi all,

I have considerable experience with Linux. I'm using Red Hat 9.0. I've installed it on several systems from time to time, didn't face this issue before. I know it's a very common problem and i took several approaches which didn't work.

I'm trying to increase the resolution on this one laptop from 1024x786 to 1280x1024 but it's just not happening!!

Tried "xrandr -s 1280x1024" and it was giving command usage error whereas i think the command is right. Tried doing it from the graphical interface, Display in system settings. Made the change logged out and then logged in, no change. The last thing i tried was making the change directly in XF86Config, that gave an erorr that X Server couldn't be started so i had to undo that. I can't run Xconfigurator as it says command not found.

Does anyone have any clue about this? What can be done? Thanx in advance.

check the xorg.0.log. It contains info why a certain resolution does not work.

One common problem is the monitor's HSync or VSync is not high enough

Thanks. I'm sorry but where is this file located. I tried locating it via "locate" but there was no output....

Sorry. I should have typed capital X. It should be Xorg.0.log

I would expect it be found in /var/log

Nopes it's not there and i can't locate it, thanks anyways...

ok. maybe you are still using Xfree86...

Just go into /var/log and have a look for a log file that looks related to xfree86

Yeap that's the one, i was guessing that's the one. Though i couldn't make too much sense out of that file. I'll try later. Thanks a lot.