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Reconfiguring X on RH 6.2

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by anp04

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Hi,

I have installed X-windows on Red-Hat 6.2 and configured X-windows at the install time on a 14" inch monitor. Now that I had repalced it with a 21" inch monitor, I tried
Xconfigurator, but the command didn't work. Is there any way to turn this around or do I have to reinstall the LINUX system.

Regards

Amal

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by jcmcintyre

Make sure you run the Xconfigurator command as root. If Xconfigurator doesn't work, try XF86Setup. Again, run the command as root.

by michaele.

The command didn't work, or the Xconfigurator program didn't work? If you don't have "Xconfigurator" available you've got bigger problems than your screen resolution.

Something I've found is that you'll usually need to create a Custom monitor and specify your monitor's display capabilities, otherwise it goes all freaked out.

by joe prochazka

You always have the option if you cant get a gui working to configure your monitor is to manually edit your XF86Config (generally located at /etc/X11/XF86Config) Just go down to the Monitor Section and enter in the correct values which are generallysupplied in your monitors user manual where they need to go. This is a little harder then going through a wizard but it will get the job done just be sure to read through the configuration file so that you put the right information in the right place.

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