Resolution and color in Linux

[ckyskate0]

My friend decide to load Linux on his computer and it works fine but we can't seem to find a way to get the resolution and color settings look right. Everything is huge and it look like it's in like 16 colors. He is using SuSe Linux 7.0. Any help?

[MichaelS]

You may need to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config manually. The file is usually commented out and quite easy to follow. I'm using Slackware 10 and it seems they have moved and/or renamed that file, so I can't quote which settings you need to change, but there are a few lines for colour depth and resolution.

Good Luck,

Michael

[ZeratulsAvenger]

Well Slack 10 doesn't use XFree86 or whatever it was I don't think, they use X.org or something, which maybe has a slight difference, but I dont know it. Whatever happens, you need to edit the video config file. There should be a command that lets you run the wizard, and I was pretty sure you can choose such options from there, although I may bewrong.

Gosh I am tired.. hope some of that was right....