At 12:02 PM 2/27/2005, you wrote: >Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:28:33 -0600 >From: "Joseph Key" <jkey at tomobiki.dyndns.org> >Subject: RE: [tclug-list] Monitor out of sync > >[mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Carl Zeilon >Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 3:55 PM >To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >Subject: [tclug-list] Monitor out of sync > >I recently changed monitors on my son's SUSE 9.2 box. I went from a 19" to >a 15". Upon boot-up the monitor just flashed all it's lights indicating >that it was unhappy with the current resolution or refresh rate. This made >sense to me & I modified the X Window files for the new monitor >accordingly. Now the monitor blinks it's lights at boot time until X >Windows starts, then it's fine. Where are the files that control the >monitor in text mode? What do I need to change? Thanks. > >-----End Original Message----- > >Before the change did you get a penguin in the upper left of the screen. If >you did that means the frame buffer device was used for the screen output. >You will need to change the fbdev setting in lilo.conf or grub to match the >new monitor size. > >Joseph Key Many thanks, I modified the vga=xxxxx line in grub & it works great. :-) Carl