On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Eve V. E. Kovacs wrote: > How does one configure the display for an SL5.2 system? > I have tried running system-config-display to change the resolution, > but nothing happens. xorg.conf is unchanged. Resolution is now a user-setting* - see system / Prefereneces/ Screen Resolution As far as the system default goes, I think Xorg tries to go with the monitor's "preferred" resolution (via DDC/EDID, provided that the driver supports that). *Not sure what happens to users who alternate between systems with different screens :-( -- Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge [log in to unmask] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna