Thank you for the feedback. It seems to me that in order to check for all the things you suggest it implys I have a functioning linux systems to to perform them. A functioning linux system is what I don't have. Am I missing something? Michael Shaw dbwizzard@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jonathan Hutchins To: Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 12:56 PM Subject: Re: How do I fix a monitor resolution problem? > Don't you love hardware autodetection? It makes life so much easier... > > A couple of things you can try: Look to see if RedHat's hardware "wizard" - I > think it's "Anaconda" - made backups of the XF86Config file - /etc/X11/ > XF86Config. Look for text-based configuration tools to re-write the file - I > don't remember what RH is calling theirs now, but look for binaries that > begin with "x" and have "cfg" or "config" in the name. > > It sounds like there's a pretty serious hardware conflict in your system. I > would check for a BIOS update, and run any BIOS hardware detection/ > configuration routines to see if that helps at all. Check any settings there > to make sure they make sense for your hardware. > > > >