Re: [K12OSN] KVM Monitor Trouble

["Robert Arkiletian" <robark gmail com>]

On 6/30/06, Robert Arkiletian <robark gmail com> wrote:
> On 6/30/06, Carl Keil <carl snarlnet com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently switched out the monitor that I had on my KVM switch.  I did
> > this while both servers hooked to the kvm were on.  One of the servers
> > works fine with the new monitor, but my k12ltsp (4.4.2 ?) server
> > doesn't.  The new monitor is smaller, I'm wondering if it doesn't
> > support as high a resolution as the previous monitor.  Does anyone know
> > how I can change the monitor settings via SSH, so that I can get the
> > server to work with the new monitor?
>
> edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> there should be a line like
like the one below (the modes line)

Section "Screen"
       Identifier "Screen0"
       Device     "Videocard0"
       Monitor    "Monitor0"
       DefaultDepth     24
       SubSection "Display"
               Viewport   0 0
               Depth     24
               Modes    "1280x1024"
       EndSubSection
EndSection


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