Sorry about not reading as closely as I shoud...

The other option is to just edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf manually and make it 
say what it should.  The xorg.conf files that are generated by 
system-config-display are fairly readable, even if you may have to 
tinker with the modeline a bit.

-Luke

Dushan Mitrovich wrote:

>Luke Scharf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>You know the capabilities of your monitor, right?
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>Yes, I do.
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>>                                                   If so, there are a
>>bunch of "generic" monitors that you can select -- for instance, I often
>>pick "Generic CRT Display"  and then the resolution you want.
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>No, that's just the problem: I _can't_ select that, or any other monitor.
>If I could, my problem probably wouldn't exist.  Here's what I had des-
>cribed:
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>>>When I pressed 'configure' for the monitor, I was presented with a list
>>>of brands, and I could highlight a brand, Hitachi in my case.  But the
>>>'OK' button stayed grayed out, and double-clicking did nothing.  The
>>>'Cancel' button worked fine, but that's it.  In fact, _none_ of the
>>>brands could actually be selected: for every one the 'OK' button was
>>>grayed out.
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>>>After a second re-boot I invoked 'system-config-display' from the com-
>>>mand line, and found the video card selected as above, but again could
>>>select no monitor brand, just as above.  The monitor stayed an 'Un-
>>>known', which is probably why the rsolution choices stayed at 640x480
>>>or 800x600, and the color at 256 colors.
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>Troy Dawson's suggestion, and my reply, were:
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>>>You can try 'Generic CRT Display' if this is a normal monitor, or
>>>'Generic LCD Display' if it is a flat panel.
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>>Couldn't select 'Generic CRT Display' either; I tried.
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>>                                                               If you
>>want to run a higher refresh rate then the default, then you might need
>>to tweak it a bit -- I'll often pick "monitor 1600x1200" and then run it
>>at "1280x1024" so that it runs at a higher refresh rate.
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>This was also Troy's suggestion, which I couldn't follow for the above
>reason: NO monitor, including 'Generic CRT Display', was selectable.
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>>Also, most LCDs run best at a 60hz refresh rate, so they have a seperate
>>(but similar) section for LCDs.
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>The Hitachi CM812 monitor is a CRT.  Luke, thanks for the attempted help,
>but the problem seems to be more basic and deep-seated than what your and
>Troy's suggestions can address.  I'm still clueless about how to get around
>this problem.
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>- Dushan
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