[log in to unmask] (Miles O'Neal) wrote: >Dushan Mitrovich said... > >|>> 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. >|>> >|>> 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. > > You are running the config command as root, right? Yes, I am.