Help! How do I correct messed-up monitor settings

[Greg]

Nathan Mattick wrote:

>Thanks for the link Rob, I'll give it a whirl and report back tomorrow. 
>Nathan.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob Bair [mailto:rob.bair@gentra.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 3:28 PM
>To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>Subject: RE: Help! How do I correct messed-up monitor settings 
>
>
>http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/ppc70_boot_fails.html
>
>I am chasing a similar monitor issue on my powerbook at the moment.  The
>above link is a Suse doc, but mentions the 4400 specifically.  May be of
>use?
>
>Rob
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nathan Mattick [mailto:nmattick@axxcelera.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:03 AM
>To: 'yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com';
>'yellowdog-general-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com'
>Subject: Help! How do I correct messed-up monitor settings 
>
>
>Folks,
>
>Just installed YDL on my Apple 4400 PPC. Everything went OK until I
>selected the wrong monitor setup - or a setup that doesn't work.
>
>I've a Sony CPD-G400 monitor so I set this to 1200x1024 resolution (my
>MacOS preferred resolution) and 16-bit colour. 
>
>When I boot to Linux_2.2, I have 4!! YDL graphical login windows kind of
>blurred across the bottom. I can enter user and password and enter the
>desktop but everthing's blurred - it's as if the whole setup is out of
>sync and I can't run a terminal window because I can't see any icons or
>the text.
>
>Question 1: Can I reset the monitor setup without doing a complete
>re-install. Question 2: Is something possible via the kernel options at
>the BootX selector?
>
>Any thoughts?
>Nathan. 
>
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>
>Have you guys tried Xautoconfig?  On the login screen type Xautoconfig4.  Worked for me.
>

Greg

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