Re: A related question

exits funnel wrote:

Thanks again Lenard for all the help. The tip on restarting X will save
me much time as I work through this.


FYI: the /var/log/messages entry in your other reply shows the your
virtual consoles(Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F6) are at the higher resolution
(1024x768), more then 25 lines with 40 columns.

This makes sense as I had noticed that the resolution was much higher on
the virtual consoles than under X. This means that my video card *must*
support at least 1024x768, doesn't it?

Yep.............

Have a look at your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file what does it say about the
1280x1024 resolution??? You may have multiple lines to review.


<snip>

Do you think that 'hysync out of range' is the culprit?

Yep.............

It seems your BIOS may need an update if available;

(II) RADEON(0): Panel ID string: 1024x768
(II) RADEON(0): Panel Size from BIOS: 1024x768
(WW) RADEON(0): Mode 1280x1024 is out of range.
(WW) RADEON(0): Valid modes must be between 320x200-1024x768
(WW) RADEON(0): Valid modes must be between 320x200-1024x768
(WW) RADEON(0): Valid modes must be between 320x200-1024x768

But it seems that you can use 1024x768, so as root running at runlevel 3
(init 3) you can try;

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/my.xorg.conf
(makes a backup of the file)

system-config-display --reconfigure --set-resolution 1024x768 --set-depth 24

This command re-creates the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file without using the
current conf file as a resource(why the backup file). Word wrap may distort
the command above, please watch out for this. There is a space between the
'--set-depth' and '24' portions. See 'system-config-display --help' minus
the single quotemarks for additional help and options.


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