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 :-(

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