Re: CentOS 5.2 nVidia GeForce 7300GS resolution problem

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On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 09:30 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> >Of William L. Maltby
> >Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 8:37 PM
> >To: CentOS mailing list
> >Subject: Re:  CentOS 5.2 nVidia GeForce 7300GS resolution problem
> >
> >> The monitor is OK as it's attached via a KVM switch to another machine -
> >> also with an nVidia card - and it displays perfectly on that.
> 
> Sometime the OS can't "read" the monitor properly and doesn't set it up
> accordingly. Try connecting the monitor directly to your KVM-switch and let
> the OS rescan it. After, connect it back to the switch. Or just force the
> correct resolution.
> 
> HTH.

I've copied the xorg.conf from the working system to the failing one,
and got the same result. 

Thanks for the tips on the KVM - it hadn't occurred to me that it could
be a problem. When I can get to rip the place up, I'll attach the
monitor directly to the machine and see if that solves it.

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.

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