I also use Vim to do the changes, though once the basic modes, etc are in place, I use gnome-display-properties to adjust the screen resolution. This is the applet that is called Screen Resolution in the System/Preferences menu. I also use xvidtune to manually tune up the screen position, as I have my systems on KVM switches, and no two display adapters are the same, especially across OS's. The modeline from xvidtune has to be manually entered, though. Hope this helps. Jim On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 17:52 -0500, 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 > > *************************************************************** > Eve Kovacs > Argonne National Laboratory, > Room F149, Bldg. 362, HEP > 9700 S. Cass Ave. > Argonne, IL 60439 USA > Phone: (630)-252-6208 > Fax: (630)-252-5047 > email: [log in to unmask] > *************************************************************** -- James Fait, Ph.D. Beamline Scientist, SER-CAT APS, building 436B-008 Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S Cass Ave Argonne, IL 60439 phone 630-252-0644 fax 630-252-0652 email [log in to unmask]