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[cdoerbec at cso.fmr.com (Christoph Doerbeck A242369)]

Sylvia wrote:
> been working with linux for a few months, have a LSL box with a SiS5598
> chip set, struggled to figure out how to load the driver from suse after
> I played with XF86config the first time.
> 
> original and same problem is my display virtual appears to be 1280 x
> 1024 or 1280 x 768
> 
> I want need big type, would like 800 x 600 on my 15 inch monitor
> 
> I have been hacking away at XF86config to no avail
> 
> Help please. am I looking at the wrong file for the sis5598 chip set???
> A sample XF86config file?
> 

Disclaimer: I have no linux at work, I'm working on my disfunctional
photographic memory (using lossy compression ;-)

First check to see which X11 server the X binary links to.  (My example
will reference a simple PC using the SVGA server)

Go to the SVGA section of the XF86config (/etc/X11/XF86config if you're
using RedHat) and simply remove any high video settings (1024x768 , 1280x1024).
Do the same for the virtual section.  There is a "Default Video" statement
you can insert, but I forget the exact syntax (man XF86config)

So to recap:

	/etc/X11/XF86config
	SVGA section

	remove anything that isn't 800x600
	set Virtual to equal video (800x600)

That should do it...



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