[newbie] Video resolution oddities

2000-10-26 Thread Ben Steele
I installed Mandrake 7.1 (my first Linux) on Monday morning. Since then, I've been trying to get my display resolution down to 800x600. My video card, a 32M ATI Rage Fury Pro ("detected as Rage 128 (generic)"), is capable of much more than my 15" monitor can comfortably display, and X def

Re: [newbie] video resolution

1999-12-29 Thread Greg and Crissy
TED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] video resolution On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, you wrote: > > Hello! > > I just installed Linux 6.5 OS on my PC. I had problems configuring my video card and monitor. T

Re: [newbie] video resolution

1999-12-29 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, you wrote: > > Hello! > > I just installed Linux 6.5 OS on my PC. I had problems configuring my video card >and monitor. The entire desktop is off centered by about 1 inch, and at the default >resolution. Do I have to make this adjustment through my monitor to center t

Re: [newbie] video resolution

1999-12-29 Thread Greg and Crissy
ary K Stinnett Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] video resolution >Check the refresh rate that linux set for your monitor. My monitor was >listed under the install, but for some reason lin

Re: [newbie] video resolution

1999-12-29 Thread Gary K Stinnett Jr
Check the refresh rate that linux set for your monitor. My monitor was listed under the install, but for some reason linux set it at 100 for my refresh rate at a resolution of 1152 x 864. I reinstalled the system and instead of choosing my particular monitor during the install, I selected custom

[newbie] video resolution

1999-12-29 Thread Greg and Crissy
Hello!   I just installed Linux 6.5 OS on my PC.  I had problems configuring my video card and monitor.  The entire desktop is off centered by about 1 inch,  and at the default resolution.  Do I have to make this adjustment through my monitor to center the desktop ?  And also how do I adjus