Re: force check hardware

[Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum lintux cx>]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Jimmie McWhirt spoke the following immortal words,

> Is there a way to force RH6.2 to check the hardware during boot?
> 
> Perhaps more to the point,
> I have put a HDD in a different box.  The HDD has RH6.2 installed.  Much
> of the hardware is considerably different than when originally
> installed.  The most irksome is the video card.  When it gets to the gui
> login, only half of the screen has detail.

Well, you can run XF86Setup, and try selecting your video card driver,
then you can test the resolution, and also set the default screen(s).
 
> I need to correct that so that it displays in a lower resolution and
> less colors and perhaps I will then see a complete screen.

All of this can be done from the XF86Setup program, once you have selected
your card, and monitor, in the modeselection box, click the resolutions
and color depths that you wish to use, for ex I have clicked 640*480 and
800 * 600 on, and with 16 bit color depth, that way when I amrunning X I
can switch resolutions iwth the "CTRl ALT +" and "CTRL ALT -" key
combos. all the keys held down at the same time of course ;)

If you want to do some fine tuning you can use the xvidtune program, but
please be sure that your monitor is a new one, ie some old ones can burn
out...:(

Best Wishes,
Grendel

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