Hi folks,

Over the xmas hols, the monitor for my FC5 & 6 boxes was damaged beyond
repair, so I'm having to use a really old one I've had lying around for
ages. Unfortunately this is a 15" monitor as opposed to my lovely 17", so
of course I cannot use the gnome gui. I can fortunately still use the TTY
sessions, but how can I configure the monitor definitions down to a
reasonable size so that I can get into the gui?

Many thanks,

Dave

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On 2007-01-02, Dave Stratford <daves@orpheusmail.co.uk> wrote:
> of course I cannot use the gnome gui. I can fortunately still use the TTY
> sessions, but how can I configure the monitor definitions down to a
> reasonable size so that I can get into the gui?

First save your old xorg.conf, then use the built-in configuration tool
from the command line:
system-config-display

Davide

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Dave Stratford wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Over the xmas hols, the monitor for my FC5 & 6 boxes was damaged beyond
> repair, so I'm having to use a really old one I've had lying around for
> ages. Unfortunately this is a 15" monitor as opposed to my lovely 17", so
> of course I cannot use the gnome gui. I can fortunately still use the TTY
> sessions, but how can I configure the monitor definitions down to a
> reasonable size so that I can get into the gui?

See and use(minus the --help switch); system-config-display --help
Try setting the monitor to your old 15" monitor or to a Generic Monitor that
has the same resolution specs. Example (as root of course);

system-config-display --set-depth=16 --set-resolution=1024x768 --reconfig


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In article <QYwmh.24969$QU1.4420@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net >,
Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> Dave Stratford wrote:

> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Over the xmas hols, the monitor for my FC5 & 6 boxes was damaged beyond
> > repair, so I'm having to use a really old one I've had lying around for
> > ages. Unfortunately this is a 15" monitor as opposed to my lovely 17", so
> > of course I cannot use the gnome gui. I can fortunately still use the TTY
> > sessions, but how can I configure the monitor definitions down to a
> > reasonable size so that I can get into the gui?

> See and use(minus the --help switch); system-config-display --help
> Try setting the monitor to your old 15" monitor or to a Generic Monitor that
> has the same resolution specs. Example (as root of course);

> system-config-display --set-depth=16 --set-resolution=1024x768 --reconfig

Thank you.

Dave

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