Screen resolution

[Marius Ionescu]

I tried now, but it gave "unknown video card" and "unknown monitor" and 
I had the same problems. I ran out of ideas right now, so please help me.
thanks,
Marius

Norberto Quintanar wrote:

>Did you try using Xautoconfig in the console?
>
>--- Marius Ionescu <mionescu@math.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hello, everybody.
>>I am new in the Apple/ Mac computers world. A friend of mine gave
>>me a 
>>G3 PowerMac. But I had to use a PC monitor, Samsung SyncMaster
>>763MB. 
>>The video card is ATI Rage 128 with 16 Mb memory. I installed YDL
>>3.0 
>>(since I am a linux fan), and everything went smooth. But I can not
>>
>>change the resolution to 1024x768. It is always at 832x624. I tried
>>to 
>>change using the graphical tool, I also changed to XF86Config and I
>>
>>wrote 1024x768, but it doesn't work. The monitor is selected as 
>>SyncMaster (data get from "probe monitor"; this type of monitor
>>-763MB- 
>>is not listed in the list with monitors). I tried with generic
>>monitor 
>>with 1024x768, but no result.
>>Thank you for any hint on this,
>>Marius
>>
>>-- 
>>Marius Ionescu
>>
>>Department of Mathematics
>>University of Iowa
>>
>>Office: 225N MLH
>>Phone: 319-335-3767
>>
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Marius Ionescu

Department of Mathematics
University of Iowa

Office: 225N MLH
Phone: 319-335-3767