VGA configuration in RedHat

Barry Brimer lists at brimer.org
Wed Jan 2 06:08:54 UTC 2008



On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, Shiraz Baig wrote:

> Friends, this has been a chronic problem with me, for
> the last few years. When I install Redhat.... during
> installation it configures the VGA and does a
> graphical install (instead of a textmode install).
> After installation when I try to run it, normally, it
> says, that it cannot configure the screen and monitor
> and runs in the text mode instead of graphical mode.
>
> I simply fail to understand, why can't it use the same
> configuration that it used during the installation. I
> try to modify the configuration files but I cannot
> manage the configuration that it had itself figured
> out during installation.
>
> Can someone tell me a method, thru which I can use
> that configuration, that it automatically selects and
> uses during installation.
>
> BTW, this problem has existed nearly all the versions
> of the Rehdat and now it also happens with Fedora.

Have you tried running 'system-config-display --reconfig' ??




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