On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 10:38, Ossama Khayaat wrote: > * First of all, the PCs are Compaq Evo desktop PCs with an Intel 845 > dispaly, and we have RH Linux 8.0 installed and running successfully or > all the machines with no problems at all. > * After one of the students finished the installation, he chose a high > resolution (1024x768) that cannot be displayed by the monitor we have in > the class (14" monitors), and he *didn't test* it. > * After he restarted the PC and tried to login, ofcourse the screen was > just unviewable. > * I tried to run redhat-config-xfree86 without any options, and ofcourse > it attempts to run X, in which I cannot do anything. As I commented you in a previous message, I had he same scenario under Red Hat Linux 8.0 some months ago. Now you confirm my suspicious even more, because the computer I was running had an Intel 845 on-board video card. I tried to run redhat-config-xfree86 and the program couldn't set the right resolutions. After playing a lot with parameters (and *looking* at logfiles) I realized that the error was due I had a Spanish keyboard set up, instead an English one. I switched to English keyboard (in text mode, via "setup") and voilà! redhat-config-xfree86 worked like a charm. I don't have the RHL 8.0 box anymore to test it, but you probably could take a look on that. Alex. -- ¡Sé libre, usa software libre! Be free, use free software! http://www.imoqland.com/
