Without a bit more information about how you are trying to set up X, I can only offer general advice. 1. I don't know what you think it means to "conservatively guess" at vsync and hsync rates, but you should be able to find this information in the manual that accompanied your monitor. If not, why not search the Packard Bell Web site (http://support.packardbell.com/) for this information. 2. You don't say what size the screen is or what the (apparent) dot resolution of your X display is. So it's hard to give a meaning to "Icons about 2 inces accross". But see if pressing the key chord ALT-CRTL-+ changes it, and see if doing so several times cycles you through to a settign where the virtual screen is the same size as the physical screen. Unless you deliberately selected a virtual screen that is larger than the largest real resolution your equipment will provide, this should get them matched up. 3. If the above methods don't clean things up, try posting again, this time including the following information: XFree86 version (I don't recall what comes with RH 5.1) which X server you are running which configuration tool you are using (xf86config, XF86Setup, XConfigurator, something else?) to create XF86Config It is possible that you will need a newer version of X than comes with RH 5.1 to get things to your liking. If so, you should be able to get a newer .rpm from the Red Hat ftp archive or one of its mirrors (e.g., ftp://metalab.unc.edu/linux/distributions). At 11:44 PM 11/21/99 -0600, John Luna wrote: >I am having problems configuring X. I have a Packard Bell PnP 2024S moniter >and a Silicon Integrated Systems video card, chipset SiS 5597/5598. My >problem; I have no Idea what to set my refresh rates, or horizontal sweep >rates. When I try to conservatively guess at these numbers, I end up with a >virtual desktop 6 times the size of my screen, and Icons about 2 inces >accross. I have tried to get rid of the virtual settings in my XF86Config >file, but no progress. Any help will be greatly apprecieted, as my current >desktop is unusable. ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------
