Video Setting Doesn't Work

[Wolfgang]

On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 01:41, Jeff Davis wrote:
> I am trying to set a different resolution via SYSTEMS SETTINGS and
> DISPLAY. It allows me to change those settings and then prompts me to
> log out and restart X but it comes back just like before.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -- 
> Jeff
> 

You have to restart X, because it has to reload the XF86Config file. As
the information in memory does not get updated on the fly. (Other than
using another package which will do it, but I have not come across any
so far.)

Wolf