[hunting.devi]

I'm having some trouble. I have Virtual PC 2004 running on Windows XP Pro. I'm wanting to learn more about linux and well i tried installing redhat 9.0 on the vpc. everything goes fine until installization is finished. after the system restarts it brings me to that first screen you get after a fresh install. only problem is, it's fubared (F'd Up Beyond All Reason, lol if you didn't know). anyways the reso is extremely high and its black and the only things i can see are like messed up looking images. i can see the keys image (i think it represents root) and the little home folder and something else. is there a bug with the amd64 bits not being liked by the vpc or linux? i have linux installed the real way but i like being able to go to windows to look things up and what not. thats why i tried it with vpc. any ideas or tips please let me know.

[ekaj]

When Linux starts up press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

You'll be dropped back into the Linux shell, login as root (so exit first)
and run 'xf86config'

Run through the setup and set your screen resolution to a lower one (like 800x600 or 1024x768) towards the end of the installation.

Then logout and login as your regular user, then type startx

[hunting.devi]

ok heres what happened. after linux loaded i pressed those keys you said, it would take me to the shell but then would immediately take me back to the GUI. i just tried it again now since i had it started and this time it stayed. but now i can't get the xf86config to start. you said "login as root (so exit first)" what did you mean by so exit first? i can login as the root but what do i do after that. once again i'm a n00b with linux. i don't no all the commands yet or anything. i tried installing redhat on one of the computers at the computer store i work at (using VPC again) and the same thing happened there, so i ruled out the amd64 bit guess. also during installization i set the reso at 800x600, the other choice was 640x480. Virtual pc makes "hardware" that is very common and low quality, so i was thinking that could be a problem, but the thing is i can't adjust anything to what i actually have becuz VPC is telling redhat that my machine has such and such. i checked just now and the reso goes from 640x480 (when booting) to 1600x600 (when loaded) then when i went to the shell it was 640x480 again. my monitor can only handle 1280x768. so i'm really thinking its an issue between linux and VPC. help!

[ekaj]

When you go back into the console (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace) can you type this:

cd /etc/X11

then type

less XF86Config

and press space bar until you see a section called 'Screen' and post what it says between

Section "Screen"
EndSection

[ekaj]

btw to get xf86config running as root you might need to
cd /usr/X11R6/bin

and then type

./xf86config

because I don't know if /usr/X11R6/bin is in roots PATH...

but do as I said above first.

[hunting.devi]

ok heres what it says:
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"

virtual pc is telling linux i have an S3 Trio (generic) which is a ****** card but it doesn't explain why its jumping it up to 1600x600

i had it set for 800x600 but for some reason when it loads X it jumps it to 1600x600
but yeah i appreciate the help just lemme no what to do next if there is sumtin.