[UFO Chicago] display issues

[Brian Sobolak]

kannaiah at bsd.uchicago.edu wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> Let me introduce myself first, since this is my first posting on here. My
> name
> is Kiran, i work at the university of chicago. Currently trying to learn a
> few
> things about linux sys admin. But anyways, this is a slightly different
> problem
> i am facing.

Nice to hear from you!  I know you made it to a meeting recently....


> i have a Hp dx5150 desktop PC with AMD 64-athlon processor. The
> motherboard has
> an integrated ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 / X300 Series Graphics chipset. I have
> loaded Redhat ENterprise Linux Workstation edition (i think it is v4.0 for
> 64bit
> machines) I was having trouble trying to get the disply workin on an Apple
> Cinema Display 20" monitor. It has a max resolution of 1680x1050, but
> after much
> struggle we have got it to disply at 1400x1050 i think.
> i downloaded the ati linux drivers, but still cant seem to get it to work.
> Anybody here know how to make the monitor show the right resolution?
>

So what happens when you try to increase the display beyond 1400x1050? 
Does it choke?

How are you trying to configure the monitor's resolution?  setup, editing
a configuration file, etc.?

brian



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