[Cialug] Resetting screen resolution in SuSE 10.2

[Nathan Stien]

I just tried this to verify it works, and I see i steered you slightly
wrong:  Don't do the "sudo -i" line.  You should be your normal
interactive user.

On 3/9/07, Nathan Stien <nathanism at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/9/07, Rob Miller <robarooney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Newbie here.  I added a wide-screen monitor to my Dell running SuSE
> > 10.2 and I set the screen resolution to 1680 x 1050.  I ignored a
> > warning and saved the setting and when I rebooted, the screen is black
> > with a message box saying "Out of Range".  Is there some way I can use
> > a "Live CD" and get to the resolution setting and change it to
> > something else?  Thanks.
>
> You may be able to hit ctrl-alt-f1 and get a text-mode console.  Then
> log in and you might be able to set the resolution with xrandr.
>
> This should get you a numbered  list of available resolutions:
> sudo -i
> DISPLAY=:0
> xrandr
>
> Pick a sensible one and do:
> xrandr -s <number>
>
> Then you should be able to get back to you GUI by holding alt and
> hitting the left arrow key until you see it.
>
> This will change the present settings in your X server.  It does not
> affect your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, which you must edit manually.
>
> Dave Hala's post might guide you better there -- I have never had a
> wide-screen monitor.
>
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> Nathan P. Stien
> Consulting Engineer / Software Developer
> Embedded Systems Electronics and Software
> http://linkedin.com/in/nathanstien
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Nathan P. Stien
Consulting Engineer / Software Developer
Embedded Systems Electronics and Software
http://linkedin.com/in/nathanstien
Mobile: 309.241.2581