screen resolution in Red Hat 8.0

[atruhoo]

Know this may sound easy but am new to Linux. Just bought a new monitor and now Linux box unable to display in any other mode then command line. How do I go about changing the screen resolution so I will be able to see the different environments i.e. KDE. I know I should be looking for a config file (or so I think), but at the moment not exactly sure where to look. Thanks in advance for any help.

Richard

 

[franklin97355]

If it worked before you installed the new monitor then you may need to configure the X server. I can't remember the exact command you want but I think xf86config will work.

 

[atruhoo]

Thanks will give give it a try

 

[pansophic]

I can't remember if it was changed in 8.0 or in 8.1, but Xconfigurator used to be the command to configure X. If you are comfortable with it, you can just vi /etc/X11/XF86Config. Start by copying it to your home directory and using startx to test the changes. Once it works, you can copy it back (as root).


pansophic