Newbie Questions

[Ron]

On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 20:36, Christopher Crowell wrote:
>  
> Hey everyone,
>  
>  
> I joined about 6 months ago but havent really chimed in about anything
> yet, mostly because I hadn't really had the time to do much with my
> Linux box. But, now that I have had the time, I have some questions
> I'm hoping everyone will be willing to help me with. 
>  
>  I installed Redt Hat 9 on my Compaq Presario 700 laptop the other
> day. For some reason, it won't let me change the resolution from
> 800x600 to 1024x768. Is that a driver issue? Also, when I installed RH
> 9 it read and recognized and every piece of hardware on my laptop with
> the exception of the modem. Could that also be a driver issue? I
> believe the modem that came with it is a Conexant. 
>  
> I know these are simple questions, but I really, REALLY want to learn
> Linux. Thanks in advance for any help. 
>  
> Christopher Crowell
> crowell33 at earthlink.net
> Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

Hi Christopher,

Welcome to Linux!  I am both a newbie and a lamer, but I believe your
resolution problem may be that your x configuration is wrong.  Using
Mandrake, so if this leads you up the garden path my apologies in
advance. Anyways in Mandrake in either KDE or Gnome desktops opening the
menu and clicking 
Configuration  ->  Configure your computer then logging on as root will
bring you to a place where your can change the resolution.If 1024 x 768
is not available, configure your monitor will let you add that option.  

Your modem issue will need to wait until someone else can answer.

Hope this helps.
-- 
Cheers
Ron
ronb at cogeco.ca