How to restore monitor resolution?

[larsborg]

Hi all.

I sincerely hope this is where I should be posting this.

Okies....here's what I did)

I installed FC, I spent a week loading on all my old data including emails from my W98 installation and was just about to start enjoying my new linux machine when I went and tried to increase the resolution of my monitor from 1024X768 to the next one up....11**X****. Well, I shouldn't have done that as when I rebooted the machine I LOST my monitor!! aaarghP It now says something about "horizontal blah exceeded".

Anyhoo...my box stills works fine no doubt, I just can't see anything. I need to change the setting back.

Is there a way to login/bootup so I bypass the bit that tells the machine what res to use or something? Another desktop env maybe or a straight terminal or something so I can find and edit whatever file it is that controls the resolution?

Everything is fine until the system goes to load the fedora login screen then my monitor dies.

Any ideas?

Again...I hope I can post this Q here, I don't know anywhere else to ask this silly question.

Sincerely,
Your Linux Newbie,

Lars

[decker]

Seems like it should prompt you to try and reconfigure X after it fails to start. Least that's what mine will do. Yours doesn't do that? If not, you can always run this command as root:

X -configure

That will place a new config file in /root which you can then move to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. With that file in place things should work again no problem.

[larsborg]

decker, thank you so much!

After spending some time at Google looking for clues I was about to really butcher my setup)

X -configure was all it took to fix it. Thanks again.

BTW, are there any sites for linux similar to what PCWorld is like to PC users? I have found a couple of sites but I'm sure they're designed for more advanced users than me.

Thanks again decker.

lars

[Avatraxiom]

Probably a good beginner's site is something like http://linuxquestions.org.

Of course, we also try to help out beginners here, too! That's one of the main reasons for the FAQ. :-)

-M