Am Sonntag, 16. Oktober 2005 15:02 schrieb jim: > jim wrote: > > Reinhard Gimbel wrote: > >> Hi all ! > >> > >> Patrick Shanahan schrieb: > >>> * jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-15-05 17:40]: > >>>> My 17" monitor keeps coming up with Out of Range warning. > >>>> Suse detected the Komondo monitor during installation. > >>>> Whereis XFree86.conf located I need to change the Hoz and Vert > >>>> settings. > >>> > >>> /etc/X11/XF86Config > >> > >> Since SuSE changed to Xorg the file is called > >> > >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf (/etc/X11/XF86Config now is a symlink to xorg.conf) > >> > >> I guess it is a better idea to use a tool like "sax2" to do that task > >> ... > >> > >> Therefore I recommend to change to runlevel 3 (by command "init 3" as > >> user root) and then calling "sax2" (as well as user root). > >> > >> On the first page displayed by "sax2" you will find an entry for the > >> resolution. Probably it is set to 1280x1024. For 17" monitors a > >> resolution of 1152x864 or 1024x768 might be the better choice. If > >> your monitor supplier is not within the list of possible selections I > >> suggest to use the "-->> VESA" section. > >> > >> Probably you should start with 1024x768 and then trying 1152x768. > >> > >> Never give up ! > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Reinhard. > >> > >>
> >
> > Thanks very much for your help.
> > I'am typically a Fedora user and I want to give Suse a checkout , I
> > think Novell is going to put a Lot of effort into making Suse the
> > Desktop for Linux, as a hardcore Linux user I prefer Fedora4 because
> > it gives me more of the bash commands to use than does Suse, Yes
> > I know I could install those commands in Suse. But Fedora and Suse
> > gives me the best of both words , commandline and desktop.
> > That is if I can get X to work on this boxwith Suse like Fedora does.
> > I had no problems in Suse9.3.
> > I do agree with you on the settings of 1024x768.
> > Suse Install setup is very easy for anyone to use.
> >
> > thanks again
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
> I tryed running sax2 in runlevel3 (suse, failsafe) and sax2 starts, the
> screen goes dark and monitor goes into offline mode, no running of sax2.
> Not a very dependable application this sax2.
>
> Jim
Have you tried running sax2 -il ? This helped one of the times that sax did
not work for me ...
Ciao,
Alex
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