Re: (no subject)

[crispin iinet net au]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:26:18AM +0200, Maurice Faber wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On installation I have told Red Hat 7.0 that I wanted my TNT2 video card to
> operate on 1024 x 768 px. But it seems it only does 800 x 600 while making
> windows too large for the screen. I have a hard time pushing buttons when I
> cannot drag a window, so I would like to change settings. But where?
> 
> I have traversed thru all possible settings, but couldn't find any that deal
> with video card or monitor settings. I think that SUXX! How is it possible,
> with all that open source involvement? Yes I know, I can go write it myself.
> But I have other priorities, so I will get back behind my winblows and suck
> on that...
> 
> if you can help out, tnx a lot!

Ive found with redhat

x.0 big problems
x.1 few problems
x.2 fixed

go to

www.linuxdoc.org

in particular the XFree86 HOWTO's

in short, run XF86Setup from the command line (without x running. Ctrl-Alt-F2)

or edit your XF86Config file



Probably best if you just use Windows anyway

Crispin