FC3 system-config-display

[david langton]

When I run system-config-display from the GUI interface, I see nothing.  I tried it from a terminal window, and there was a python error that said something about the wrong number of list items.  I agree there should be no need to edit the file by hand, but there is no way to select "generic" from the list, since the list will not display.  The only thing enabled in the monitor selection dialog is the "Cancel" button.  I think something must have screwed up there when I fist installed FC3, with the result that the monitor selection is pre-empted.  (I mean permanently disabled.)  

Oh I'll try your system-config-display -reconfig suggestion.  (I assume it is ok to do this in a terminal window?)
Thanks a lot for your quick response.  It is really encouraging to see that this list is active -- even on Christmas eve!   

-dvd

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org>
Sent: Dec 24, 2004 10:30 PM
To: david langton <zezidud at earthlink.net>, 
	For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: FC3 system-config-display

On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:43:37PM -0500, david langton wrote:
> The monitor I'm using was not detected on installation of FC3, so I edited
> xorg.config to put in the horizontal and vertical frequencies and highest
> resolution (1024*768). After doing this, however, system-config-display
> refuses to run. I suppose this means that I need to change another config
> file somewhere, but which one?

I don't think system-config-display has a separate config file. When you say
it refuses to run, what does it do exactly?

It could be simply that you have a typo in the file.

Also, with a monitor with a max resolution of 1024x768, there should be no
need to edit the file by hand -- simply pick "Generic" if it's not on the
list.


> It might be the monitor config information that is messed up, since when I
> do manage to get system-config-display to run, it doesn't allow alteration
> of the monitor information (Only 'Cancel' button is enabled.)

Try "system-config-display --reconfig", and pick the generic option...


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