Shawn,
I usually log in as root and type "setup". Then use the Xconfigurator. You
can try to reconfigure your X settings.
I hope that helps. I've been in a battle with my laptop X settings myself.
:)

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Jamie Seeman
Secure Computing - Test Engineer
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Shawn wrote:

> I have a couple of questions on my laptop.  I'm running Slack 7.1 and am
> facing these two issues:
>
> 1)  My PCMCIA NIC card is recognized and the module is compiled into the
> kernel.  the only way I can get the card to initialize is by doing an
> "ifconfig eth0 up" and then to rerun /etc/inetd1 to get an IP address or
> network connectivity at all.  I put both of these into the rc.local for
> initialization on bootup.  It's a workaround, but I just feel like it's
> not *quite* the right way to get it to work.  Where exactly does this
> thing get initialized?  Also, on boot up now, the system takes a couple
> of minutes to get to the point where it will continue to boot after it
> realizes it's not on a network.  Would I be better to take out the two
> lines from rc.local and make a script to run them manually for when I'm
> on the network?  I'm on the network about 1/2 the time I boot, so would
> it be "right" to do this, or is it like going back to my ealier question
> of if there's a better way to do it.
>
> 2)  I'm running Gnome, with the svga x-server.  Looking in the manual,
> my laptop can handle 1024x768 in 256, 65k, and 16.7M colors.  It looks
> like I'm running in 256 color, and I'd like to take it up to 16.7M.
> There's no refresh rate listed in the manual for my laptop's monitor
> (it's an XGA), and it has 2.5MB of video memory.  Can someone give me an
> idea of which lines I need to modify to get it to the higher
> resolutions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Shawn
>
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