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. > Thanks, > Eve Well.... Configuring displays has been a black for a long time, though it's improved heaps since RHL 3.0.3. Usually, if I have a config that sort-of works, I attack it with vim[1]. I'm running sl5 on an HP DC7700 and I'm pretty sure I just copied the configuration from another DC7700, one running the (then) latest Fedora. These days X itself can create a config file. man X for more. I was going to put this up on a website, but it's not so big: [root@bobtail ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" # Driver "vesa" Driver "i810" Option "VBERestore" "on" # Driver "intel" EndSection section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" HorizSync 30-81 VertRefresh 56-76 endsection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "Rotate" "left" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection The key points seem to be the Monitor section where sync and refresh speeds are specified, and the Display subsection's Modes line. On a good day, you don't need to specify the sync and refresh speeds (after all these years X has almost caught up with OS/2 3.0's ability to use DDC). ddcprobe used to be useful, I think the version in Knoppix still is. On my systems, running SL5 & Fedora Latest, it doesn't do anything. It's useful to read the X log. Whenever I think of vim, of course I think of vigor too. It exists, you can see it at http://vigor.sourceforge.net/, screenshots at http://vigor.sourceforge.net/screenshots/ - and you really should, especially towards the end of the day! -- Cheers John -- spambait [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)