How to configure X display from the command line

[Dan Trainor]

You could try X -configure, that will dump a new temporary XF86Config 
file for you.  I've used this on a number of occasions to create a new 
config for a new monitor that I did not want to probe.  When doing that, 
be sure to copy all relevant other config bits and pieces to your new 
config file to make it permenant.

I'm sure there is probably a better way of doing it, but since I do not 
use X all that much, I have no other clues.

-dant

Claude Jones wrote:

> Could someone tell me what commands work from the command line to
> change the X display characteristics. I moved my home Linux box to
> work, and it won't boot now into X. I get an error and then an
> option to log in from a prompt. None of the redhat-... commands
> seem to work in FC2, unless I'm doing something wrong. 
> 
> Claude Jones
> Levit & James, Inc./WTVS
> Leesburg, VA, USA
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