From: "Joe Barr" 


Try this.  Hack your existing XF86Config file.  On RH, it lives in
/etc/X11.  I think it is the same for Mandrake, but I'm not positive.

In the "Screen Section" of your config you should find a line
beginning with "Modes."  Using an editor (as root) or vi or
whatever, remove the modes you don't want for the monitor.  1024x768 and
above I guess.

In the same part of the screen section you should see a line that begins
with Depth.  Change that to 16 if 24 doesn't work.

Make a backup of the config file before you begin, of course.

See ya,
Joe Barr



On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 13:16:36 +0000, Bodi wrote:

> I've successfully installed Mandrake 9, seems to be functional.
>
> 1 big problem:
> I installed it using a newish monitor and set it for 1024x768x24. Looked
> nice.
> Now I've moved it to its new home and a monitor that doesn't support
> 1024x768. I am now wise enough not to boot into runlevel 5, but running
> startx gets me a mess with tiny cursors all over and nothing recognizable.
> (ext3 sure allows boots from a reset nicely)
> Short of reuniting the box and original monitor, how can I change the video
> settings X will use? (Plus, I don't actually know how I would change
> resolution even if I could get X going...)
> I tried xf86cfg, but the MS optical mouse isn't compatible and the arrow key
> cursor movements let me see the submenu items that might do what I want but
> I cannot figure out how to select one.
> I am not familiar with vi but could probably manage to edit the
> configuration file if
> 1: I knew the filename and location.
> 2: I knew what changes to make.
>
> Anyone here game to try and walk a neophyte through this?
>
> Plus a small problem. During install, darkx claims to be able to find
> network printers on Windows machines. It didn't find mine, an HP deskjet
> shared from Win98se on TCP/IP networking.  Do I need to jump a few hoops to
> get this to be usable?
>
> This is a "look what's in the old parts bin, I could get a system up with a
> case and a disc drive" project. Just a PIII-500 Katmai that I want to turn
> to Seti. I know I can run Seti from the command line (and I am for now), I
> just like the ease of checking state.sah for progress if it's running in X.
> The box will live in my workshop, and I will want to do some general
> internet stuff from there as well.
>
> TIA,
> Dave
>
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