<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV>Can you send a screen shot of it????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am running RHEL 3 and 4 , but it should work for 5 as well</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Doug Wylie - CVSP<BR>Ascension Health IS <BR>Security Compliance Team <BR>317-583-3767<BR>!?<BR><BR>>>> "John Dunn" <JDunn@sefas.com> 4/21/2008 10:02 AM >>><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=651290214-21042008>There is no modes line in my file</SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <B>From:</B> redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Douglas Wylie<BR><B>Sent:</B> 21 April 2008 14:58<BR><B>To:</B> Linux, Getting started with Red Hat<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: screen resolution<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Hi John,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What I usually do is just manually add in 1024x768 into the xorg.conf file!!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>vi xorg.conf</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>you will see - <STRONG>Modes "800x600" "640x480"</STRONG> - etc...</DIV> <DIV>where you see/have the above line <U><STRONG>add "1024x768"</STRONG> in front of the other screen res. modes</U> then wq (write quit) and that should give you the option plus manually or automatically change it to 1024x768! Should look like this:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Let me know if you have any questions!!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Doug Wylie - CVSP<BR>Ascension Health IS <BR>Security Compliance Team <BR>317-583-3767<BR><BR><BR>>>> "John Dunn" <JDunn@sefas.com> 4/21/2008 9:06 AM >>><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> <DIV><SPAN class=501310613-21042008><<</SPAN>Did you figure it out or get a reply to fix screen Res. yet?<SPAN class=501310613-21042008>>></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=501310613-21042008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=501310613-21042008>No</SPAN></DIV></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <B>From:</B> redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Douglas Wylie<BR><B>Sent:</B> 21 April 2008 14:05<BR><B>To:</B> Linux, Getting started with Red Hat<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: screen resolution<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Hi John,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Did you figure it out or get a reply to fix screen Res. yet?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Doug Wylie - CVSP<BR>Ascension Health IS <BR>Security Compliance Team <BR>317-583-3767<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>>>> "John Dunn" <JDunn@sefas.com> 4/21/2008 7:40 AM >>><BR></DIV> <DIV style="COLOR: #000000"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=271503611-21042008><<</SPAN>edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to enable higher resolutions<SPAN class=271503611-21042008>>></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=271503611-21042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=271503611-21042008></SPAN>A<SPAN class=271503611-21042008>ny info on how to edit?...I don't see anything obvious to amend</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=271503611-21042008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=271503611-21042008><BR></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Maxim Veksler<BR><B>Sent:</B> 21 April 2008 12:24<BR><B>To:</B> Getting started with Red Hat Linux<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: screen resolution<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>2008/4/21 John Dunn <<A href="mailto:JDunn@sefas.com">JDunn@sefas.com</A>>:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN>I want to increase the screen resolution in RHEL 5</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN>However Sytems Preferences...Screen Resolution only allows allows a maximum of 800x600</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN>Is this an issue with the video driver?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR>I'm not exactly sure what enforces this but during the installation you get to pick the maximum screen resolution you are interested in. 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