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Thread ID: 33182	2003-05-09 20:03:00	RedHat 9 and Monitor Frequency/Resolution Problem	cyberchuck (173)	Press F1

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142739	2003-05-09 20:03:00	Hey Last night I installed RH9 and had a good play around (like you do). Anyway, I changed the resolution of my screen from 800x600 to something like 1152x864 and it said that the XConfigurator needed to be restarted (or something along the lines of that)... Anyway, at this point I realized I had a Winmoden :_| (bugger), so I left it and rebooted back into Windows. Now, this morning when I fired up RH9 I find that it boots up ok, but instead of displaying the "please type your name" prompt, the monitor displays "Frequency Setting Too High" or something along the lines of that. So, to cut a long message short - how does one go about changing the resolution and Frequency of his monitor so he can get back to Linux?? Thanks CyberChuck	cyberchuck (173)
142740	2003-05-09 21:02:00	As for the Monitor I belive you can change it from the command line (DOS type evaluate) not sure on how to do that. or you could cheat and reinstall RedHat :(, > Hey > Last night I installed RH9 and had a good play around > (like you do). Anyway, I changed the resolution of my > screen from 800x600 to something like 1152x864 and it > said that the XConfigurator needed to be restarted > (or something along the lines of that)... Anyway, at > this point I realized I had a Winmoden :_| (bugger), They (linux people) have craked the secret cose to configre "winmodems" I can not tell you more I have never had one. I went for a external modem when I upgraded from 33.6 to 56K. > so I left it and rebooted back into Windows. > Now, this morning when I fired up RH9 I find that it > boots up ok, but instead of displaying the "please > type your name" prompt, the monitor displays > "Frequency Setting Too High" or something along the > lines of that. > So, to cut a long message short - how does one go > about changing the resolution and Frequency of his > monitor so he can get back to Linux?? > > Thanks > > > CyberChuck	E.ric (351)
142741	2003-05-10 00:14:00	monitor cannot handle it. I remember I did it with RH8.0 by pressing F4 or F8 to enter a DOS/windows like step-by-step process. But I couldn't do it again ever since. if your computer is connected to the network. you can ssh in. then edit /etc/inittab, set default run level to 3. then reboot. next time it boots up, it will be in text mode.	yang11 (170)
142742	2003-05-10 00:26:00	Once the machine has come and up you have that error message (presumably when it tries to start the X server), press F1 to get a command login. Login with root. Run the XConfigurtor... (whatever) again to configure your X settings.	Dolby Digital (160)
142743	2003-05-10 02:20:00	It's easier to type in "linux 1" to th e "boot: " prompt. That gets you in as single user (root), with a "#" prompt.	Graham L (2)
142744	2003-05-10 02:30:00	Thanks Graham - but how does one get into the Boot Prompt when one uses Grub as his boot loader? - anyone know? Thanks CyberChuck	cyberchuck (173)
142745	2003-05-10 03:37:00	Is this the monitor complaining about the frequency? If there's something the X-Window server doesn't like, it would not start ... and it would drop you into the command-line environment, anyway. I don't know GRUB. A quick look on google seems to indicate that it normally (in a multi boot installation) comes up with a menu which lests you choose which OS you want. If you get that you should be able to give a run-level with the name of the Linux option. If you don't get that ... of course you use your emergency Linux boot floppy. :D :D You did make one, didn't you? :D :D :D :D I'd be inclined to reinstall. It's pretty quick. I've done that a number of times, when it was easier than working out exactly what I did wrong. There are a number of GRUB HOWTOs ... You have found the LDP (Linux Documentation project), I hope. There's some good reading there. In the Manuals area, the Linux Cookbook is well worth downloading and reading.	Graham L (2)
142746	2003-05-10 03:47:00	Yeah - it is the monitor complaining about the frequency . . . I don't really wanna reinstall though as I was under the impression I could just load up the text based Linux and edit a few Config Files and then that would either work or I'd be forced to format :D I don't have a Linux Boot Floppy as I don't have an FDD on my machine - was an unnecessary expense to me . . . I will delve into the Grub how-to's and give Chill a call . . . Thanks for your help CyberChuck	cyberchuck (173)
142747	2003-05-10 03:51:00	You may have a rescue option ion the CD boot.	Graham L (2)
142748	2003-05-10 04:15:00	You can edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config In there is a few things to look at. I like using Vi, but others may prefer Pico or whatever... Take your pick, edit it, backup the file first of all and do your worst! You'll need to: # su - first to become root, and then edit it :-) Hope this helps Chill.	Chilling_Silently (228)
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