On 5/23/07, Hugh Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jarod Wilson wrote: > Hugh Brown wrote: >> All of the systems that I'll be putting RHEL 5 on have monitors >> capable of 1280x1024 (with a few that are widescreen). >> >> In my test environment (vmware), the display will only do 800x600. If >> I edit the xorg.conf to include a Modes "1280x1024" line it gets ignored. >> >> If I run system-config-display, it won't give me the option to select >> a resolution higher than 800x600. > > The system probably thinks the detected display isn't capable of more > than 800x600. Set the display type to something generic like '1280x1024 > lcd' and 1280x1024 should be available. > I tried setting it to a generic LCD 1280x1024 and got nowhere. Still plugging away at it.
vmware guests normally need the vmware client tools installed to do visual modes greater than 1024x768. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
