I just installed Fedora Core 5, but it seems like I choose the wrong resolution for the screen
during first startup and now I can't get any display

How can I reset this?

boot into run level 3

how?

and i think the command is system-config-desktop

edit the grub entry.. and add 3 at the end of your kernel line

hang on
snopey, do you know how to edit the conf file?

you can do ctrl+alt+F1 to do a text login

login as root and edit the config file by doing

nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

you will find the resolutions in there and can change them. it it a crt or tft?

tft

I'll give it a try then you do ^o to write out

you can do ctrl+alt+F7 to go back to the X login thing

or if you did change the runlevel to 3 like he said

you can try xinit to just see if X works

let me know if any of that makes sense.

it's sort of the process to fix X problems, which can be tough

the cycle is, edit xorg.conf > retry xininit > edit xorg.conf

Jy: Where should I put 3 in grub, in the kernel line or the initrd line?

i said kernel line

or you can just ctrl+alt+f1

trharris: I don't get a shell with ctrl-alt-F1

login and type init 3 i guess

no login

try f2

the monitor looses sync just after kernel boot

well the grub way should work

ok, got login now

will try editing xorg.conf this red line in xchat shows when people say something when the window is out of focus?

ya neat.

ctrl+alt+f2 should def work…

not sure what the problem is any more

Thank you, display is ok now!