RE: kickstart 7.2

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx.taylor@xxxxxxxxx>]

> To all,
> 
> 
> I have a quick question about kickstart 7.1 vs 7.2 and setting up a
> monitor. While using 7.1 I had no trouble installing with
> 
> xconfig --startxonboot --defaultdesktop=AnotherLevel
> 
> in my kickstart file.
> 
> It used a
> 
> # The svga server
> Section "Screen"
>     Driver      "svga"
>     Device      "Chips & Technologies CT65520"
>     Monitor     "Unprobed Monitor"
>     DefaultColorDepth 16
> 
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes       "800x600"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 
> 
> In 7.2 with
> 
> xconfig --startxonboot --defaultdesktop=AnotherLevel
> 
> # The svga server
> Section "Screen"
>     Driver      "svga"
>     Device      "Chips & Technologies CT69000"
>     Monitor     "Unprobed Monitor"
>     DefaultColorDepth 16
> 
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes       "1024x768"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 
> 
> It is using CT69000 and setting modes to "1024x768" instead of
> "800x600". With these setting the monitor will not come up.
> 
> help !!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> -Brian.Peront

Try using the --resolution option:

xconfig --startxonboot --defaultdesktop=AnotherLevel --resolution 800x600

or put in your monitor's hsync/vsync values.

Forrest