Luke Scharf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dushan Mitrovich wrote:
>> Pure speculation: LVM wants a color that it can't get from only 256
>> colors (8-bit), so dies.  If this is what's going on, the LVM problem is
>> just a consequence of the preceding one - my inability to pick monitor,
>> resolution, color depth, and refresh rate.  What could cause the
>> 'system-config-display' program to mis-behave the way it is doing?
>> 
>> 
> That's the correct interpretation of the error message from
> system-config-display -- but LVM itself doesn't require any video.
>
> Depending on what you want to use the machine for, configuring LVM by
> command-line or by GUI may make more sense.  On the other hand, if
> you're in learning mode, by all means, do it both ways!

Yes, I'm in learning mode.  I didn't really need to use LVM in Linux,
but I had used it in OS/2 and wanted to see what the Linux version
looked like.
 
> P.S. As a starting point for the command-line way, try "man lvresize".
> Also, there are a lot of good howto documents on LVM out there.

Thanks, I'm an enthusiastic reader of 'howto's.  Don't mind learning
curves, as long as there are appropriate rewards at the end of them.

- Dushan