You can also try:-

startx -- -configure

What errors did it produce? if anything?

hmmm .it diod not work i did killall X and it killed the process and after that i did the xorg -configure and it did not make the xorg.conf file in root

Hi Alin, are you able to upload or post a section from /var/log/Xorg.0.log? it may give some clues to missing drivers, or the resolution which is causing problems.

Note you can still connect remotely to it via a client PC, on https://clearosip:81

This how to will change your webconfig local graphical console resolution
http://www.clearfoundation.com/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,232/catid,40/func,view/id,5010/#5010

Hi Alin,

You can best control your ClearOS box with the Web Interface.
If you insist on using it, you might try Tim's kernel.
It can also be a problem with the VGA card driver and if it is, you could search this forum for related issues.

Greetings,

John

im quite a noob , and i can't get the graphical console to work , my monitor says not optimal mode , and i figured i mult change the resolution on the graphical console , but i don't know how to do that , the upper posts did not work for me

Sounds like the screen resolution was pushed outside it's limits if you get a garbled display?

There is a way to auto generate the monitor mode line, posted somewhere in the forum but I can't seem to find it. Might help if it is failing to detect your monitor capabilities

Unfortunately I tend to run headless nowadays so I can't test this kind of things anymore

Hi Tim,

I did some tests tonight - not v good news

I found how to get into the X config, and created an X windows session - which then hung and became unresponsive on the console (not even the keyboard). I followed some Linux commands from an SSH connection to send a CTRL ALT F1 to the console session, but then found that the X session had messed up the text color, so I re started the box and it all works again.

I will experiment some more later. I got a few errors from the X config so i might have somewhere to start.

It's all fun :-)

David

sorry wrong path maybe under /etc/X11/xorg.conf - but thinking about it it may not actually appear by default, the X session does it's best to determine the optimum display properties and will try and run without a config. You can create a config manually by running the following which may help

Xorg -configure

cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

For info on each section:-
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/centos5/centos5_administration_guide/centos5_s1-x-server-configuration.html
To find a file:-

updatedb && locate xorg.conf

Hi Tim,


I don't have a file called xorg.conf located in the /etc/ directory. Is it in a subdirectory?

David

Check the contents of /etc/xorg.conf and particularly the "Screen" section