Re: Testing Video Modes in RH9

[Steeve McCauley <steeve oneguycoding com>]

On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 19:49, SP wrote:
> Hello,
> Can you tell me how I can test various video
> resolutions with RH9? If I change the res to be too
> high (e.g. 1024x768 at 16 million) it says "video not
> supported and I don't know how to get it back? Text
> mode doesn't show up either (ctrl-x at the first
> redhat screen) It should do what windoze does, where

Try hitting CtrlAlt+ or CtrlAlt- to cycle through
the video modes.  CtrlAltBackspace will restart X.

> it gives you 15 secs before changing to the new
> resolution. Can someone tell me how to change the
> video before the boot? 

You can boot in run level 3.
Run 'redhat-config-xfree86 -reconfig' from
the command prompt.  Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to 
shutdown X.  Once you've configured X the way you
like it, boot into run level 5 as normal.

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