Dushan Mitrovich wrote:
> Recently I'd finally managed to install SL 4.2 on my second hard disk.  The
> first HD runs OS/2, and displays just fine at a resolution of 1280x1024 and
> 16-bit color on my 21 inch monitor, a Hitachi SuperScan 812.
> 
> But after the SL install, the only display options offered are resolutions
> of 640x480 or 800x600, 256 colors, and a refresh rate of 85 Hz.  SL claims
> that the video card is a 3DLabs Permedia 2 (generic), when in fact it is an
> Elsa Gloria Synergy.
> 
> How do I get SL to recognize correctly my video setup?
> 

Can you send the output of the command

   lspci | grep -i VGA

I'm just curious what it says for a video card.  As for changing the 
resolution, you should run system-config-display.
You can start it by typeing system-config-display at the command line, 
or select "System Settings -> Display" from the menu.  Then go to  the 
'Hardware' tab, select 'Monitor Type'

Now you didn't mention is this is a flat panel, or a normal monitor. I 
looked and Hitachi SuperScan 812 isn't in the list of known monitors. 
You can try 'Generic CRT Display' if this is a normal monitor, or 
'Generic LCD Display' if it is a flat panel.
Then under that select 'Monitor 1280x1024' or 'LCD Panel 1280x1024'
After clicking OK, on the monitor section, then go back to the 
'Settings' tag, and you should then be able to select 1280x1024


> Two other questions:
> 
> - In the boot choices offered by GRUB, the selection line has a black back-
>   ground, and the screen background is almost all black, making the selec-
>   ted line almost impossible to see.  Is there a way of modifying this?
> 

Two way's to do this.
1) Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and comment out the line starting with 
splashimage, I also tend to comment out the line hiddenmenu so that 
things looke like

default=0
timeout=5
#splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu

That will give you a text based grub command, which is white letters on 
black, pretty easy to see

2) Get an image and replace /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
It has to be a gzipped xpm file.  I personally think step 1 is easier.

> - After booting, and invoking LVM (needs password), a window appears and
>   immediately disappears.  What gives?

What do you mean by "invoking LVM"?
Are you selecting something from the menu?  Or are you typing in a command?

If you are selecting it from the menu, then try typing

system-config-lvm

from the command line, and let us know what the error is when it stops.

Troy

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